Project Grant 1515771

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings supports the development of a network of "tutor observatories" to capture and analyze data on teacher-student interactions in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. The project, titled "Capturing and Leveraging Data from Teacher-Student Interactions to Improve STEM Learning: An Incubator Project," aims to create a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $300,809 to Saint Louis University to explore the integration of reconfigurable sensorimotor interfaces into educational STEM simulations for digital learning platforms. The goal is to develop low-cost, reconfigurable "teletangible" haptic devices that can be used to embody STEM concepts and support the learning of both sighted students and those with blindness or low...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Northeastern University. The grant, awarded on November 1, 2024, supports the development of an "AI-Empowered Reflective Learning" tool that aims to deepen and accelerate learning through the use of AI-supported prompts and feedback across different interaction contexts, including digital learning environments, virtual reality simulations, and augmented reality...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $850,000 Project Grant to Columbia University from the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEEING SCIENCE: USING COMPUTER VISION TO EXPLORE THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES BEHIND EVERYDAY OBJECTS." The project aims to develop computer vision algorithms and mobile phone applications to allow middle school students to observe and explore scientific phenomena in their everyday environments. Students will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) aims to enhance student learning and engagement in large lecture STEM courses. The $103,426 award to the University of Pittsburgh supports the development and optimization of a digital learning environment called CourseMirror that uses natural language processing (NLP) techniques to prompt and scaffold...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $444,348 to Virginia Commonwealth University to develop a digital platform and classroom strategies for improving undergraduate STEM students' professional skills. The three-year award beginning in March 2023 will support creating a digital platform pre-loaded with customizable rubrics from the prior NSF-funded Enhancing Learning by...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), provides $196,500 to Purdue University to develop and optimize a digital learning environment called CourseMirror. The project aims to enhance student learning and engagement in large lecture STEM courses by using natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to prompt and scaffold students to create in-depth reflections on their learning experiences. The...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($299,499) supports the development of scalable, experiential learning models and tools for undergraduate STEM education from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026. The University of California Santa Cruz will establish a new pedagogical approach organizing project-based courses around "micro-roles" that scaffold apprenticeship-style learning pathways. This design-based research aims to develop organizational...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate how neurodivergent youth can stimulate community-centered learning of electronic circuits through playful arts-based practices in underserved public spaces. The $296,239 award will be used by Arizona State University (ASU) to train 12 neurodivergent youth community educators on electronic circuits and facilitate workshops on circuit bending at two community pop-up...

This $300,000 two-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to develop a "Professional Informatics" (Pro-I) system using classroom sensing technologies. The goal is to provide instructors personalized feedback on their teaching practices to help create more equitable learning experiences, especially to increase underrepresented student participation in STEM fields. The project will...