In an effort to ensure that teaching methods used in America's classrooms have a solid scientific base, the U.S. Department of Education awarded eight new grants under the Cognition and Student Learning Research Grant Program to conduct research on basic and higher order thinking skills and their links to improved student learning and higher academic achievement.

"One of our goals is to focus on what works to improve education," said U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. "This new grant program is another example of our efforts to produce quality research on teaching and learning and share it with educators and the public."

"These grants will help us connect basic cognitive and brain sciences to schools and school settings," said Grover "Russ" Whitehurst, U.S. assistant secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. "There is a rich and vast base of knowledge and expertise in these sciences that we need to bring to bear on education. These new grants will further that goal."

The total funds awarded under the program are $4,863,970 over three years.

Grants were awarded to:

Carnegie Mellon University, $428,879
Primary Investigator: Robert S. Siegler

Columbia University, $737,205
Primary Investigator: Carol Dweck

Northern Illinois University, $358,876
Primary Investigator: Anne M. Britt

Northwestern University, $548,525
Primary Investigator: David H. Uttal

University of California, Los Angeles, $496,882
Primary Investigator: Robert Bjork

University of California, Riverside, $709,398
Primary Investigator: H. Lee Swanson

University of California, San Diego, $500,000
Primary Investigator: Harold E. Pashler

Wayne State University, $1,084,205
Primary Investigator: Virginia Delaney-Black

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