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New Grant Request for Proposals – 2011-2012
Assessing Thinking and Learning

Thinking Foundation (TF) invites those in the field of pre-kindergarten to college level education, including teachers, administrators, and researchers, to submit research proposals under this Request for Proposals: Assessing Thinking and Learning. The question your research should address is: How do we assess the development of Students’ Thinking and/or Content Learning? Individuals as well as teams and whole schools may submit proposals. Proposals should focus on how to use Thinking Maps^® and other approaches for formative and/or summative assessment of students’ thinking and/or content learning. We are interested in research investigating how to assess thinking in these areas: cognitive skills development, dispositions of thinking such as Habits of Mind (Costa and Kallick), problem solving and content learning within and across disciplines, metacognition, and critical thinking.

Requests should not exceed $2,500. There will be approximately 10 to 15 grants awarded. The proposed research must directly pertain to TF’s mission. Please consult Thinking Foundation website for information, existing research, and our mission.

Looking Ahead:
There are four forms that you must complete and submit in order to be included in the review of proposals by Thinking Foundation, and possible award of grant monies.

A complete overview with the forms needed for submitting a proposal is available online. Click here to download the complete Request for Proposal overview.

Your final reports-- which may include video production --may be published, whole or in part, on our website and will become part of a growing research base. We require that researchers ensure that any form of data collection remains confidential and that research subjects have given signed permission for their work if it is to be included in the final report for publication. Student work or images of students that are submitted to Thinking Foundation for inclusion in the final report must include signed release permissions by a parent or legal guardian.

Grant recipients will be required to submit preliminary and final reports on their research findings and excerpts of these documents may be published on the www.thinkingfoundation.org website.

FYI: No Funding for Thinking Maps, Inc. resource materials and/or consulting
Many of you have acquired resource materials and consultant services based on Thinking Maps®. No Thinking Foundation grant monies may be used in any way for the acquisition of materials published by or consulting services offered by Thinking Maps, Inc. In addition, please be aware that the intellectual property for the use of the term Thinking Maps® is held by Thinking Maps, Inc. Academic research on Thinking Maps® may be supported, conducted and published by Thinking Foundation.

Thank you for taking the time to consider making an important contribution to the growing body of research on the use and efficacy of Thinking Maps® and related processes that are moving education toward a new way of thinking, learning, teaching, and leading.

The foundation also supports researchers in their attempts to publish their findings in appropriate educational newsletters, journals, books and other forums for communicating their results. Thinking Foundation may also offer financial aid to individuals who are pursuing advanced study degrees when their finalized research focus and design coincide with the mission of this organization.

Please contact David Hyerle Ed.D. at davidhyerle@thinkingfoundation.org for information about submitting a proposal.




		Grants Funding New Grant Request for Proposals – 2011-2012 Assessing Thinking and Learning Thinking Foundation (TF) invites those in the field of pre-kindergarten to college level education, including teachers, administrators, and researchers, to submit research proposals under this Request for Proposals: Assessing Thinking and Learning. The question your research should address is: How do we assess the development of Students’ Thinking and/or Content Learning? Individuals as well as teams and whole schools may submit proposals. Proposals should focus on how to use Thinking Maps^® and other approaches for formative and/or summative assessment of students’ thinking and/or content learning. We are interested in research investigating how to assess thinking in these areas: cognitive skills development, dispositions of thinking such as Habits of Mind (Costa and Kallick), problem solving and content learning within and across disciplines, metacognition, and critical thinking. Requests should not exceed $2,500. There will be approximately 10 to 15 grants awarded. The proposed research must directly pertain to TF’s mission. Please consult Thinking Foundation website for information, existing research, and our mission. Looking Ahead: There are four forms that you must complete and submit in order to be included in the review of proposals by Thinking Foundation, and possible award of grant monies. A complete overview with the forms needed for submitting a proposal is available online. Click here to download the complete Request for Proposal overview. Your final reports-- which may include video production --may be published, whole or in part, on our website and will become part of a growing research base. We require that researchers ensure that any form of data collection remains confidential and that research subjects have given signed permission for their work if it is to be included in the final report for publication. Student work or images of students that are submitted to Thinking Foundation for inclusion in the final report must include signed release permissions by a parent or legal guardian. Grant recipients will be required to submit preliminary and final reports on their research findings and excerpts of these documents may be published on the www.thinkingfoundation.org website. FYI: No Funding for Thinking Maps, Inc. resource materials and/or consulting Many of you have acquired resource materials and consultant services based on Thinking Maps®. No Thinking Foundation grant monies may be used in any way for the acquisition of materials published by or consulting services offered by Thinking Maps, Inc. In addition, please be aware that the intellectual property for the use of the term Thinking Maps® is held by Thinking Maps, Inc. Academic research on Thinking Maps® may be supported, conducted and published by Thinking Foundation. Thank you for taking the time to consider making an important contribution to the growing body of research on the use and efficacy of Thinking Maps® and related processes that are moving education toward a new way of thinking, learning, teaching, and leading. The foundation also supports researchers in their attempts to publish their findings in appropriate educational newsletters, journals, books and other forums for communicating their results. Thinking Foundation may also offer financial aid to individuals who are pursuing advanced study degrees when their finalized research focus and design coincide with the mission of this organization. Please contact David Hyerle Ed.D. at davidhyerle@thinkingfoundation.org for information about submitting a proposal.