Experimental Evaluation of the Tools of the Mind Prekindergarten Curriculum

Project Staff

Dr. Dale Farran, Principal Investigator
Senior Associate Director of PRI
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Dr. Mark Lipsey, Co-Principal Investigator
Director of PRI
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Dr. Sandra Wilson, Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Director of PRI
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Deanna Meador, M.A., Program Manager
Beth Vorhaus, M. Ed., Research Coordinator
3 years with the project

Jennifer Norvell, M. Ed., Research Coordinator
 Diane Spencer, Research Liaison, NC sites

Ashley Keene, Research Analyst
Jessica Ziegler, M. Ed., Research Analyst
Dr. Kimberly Nesbitt, Research Associate
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Dr. Mary Fuhs, Post-Doctoral Fellow
2 years with the project		  
 Lydia Bentley, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
1 year with the project
 Amy Holmes, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
1 year with the project
Cathy Yun, Pre-Doctoral Fellow

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This research study is being funded by a grant from the US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (Grant R305E090009). Drs. Dale Farran, Mark Lipsey and Sandra Wilson of the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt University are conducting this five-year study.
Training and coaching support for Tools of the Mind was funded through a sub-award to each of the developers, Dr. Deborah Leong and Dr. Elena Bodrova,Tools of the Mind Third Sector New England (TSNE).