Project Grant 1738444

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $459,173 supports research advancing the theory and practice of robust simulation analysis under input model risk. Funded through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will develop a robust decision-making framework to quantify, reduce, and ensure robust decisions when probability distribution functions driving randomness in simulation models are estimated based on available data, introducing...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to gain deeper insights into how undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics approach and comprehend fundamental discrete mathematics concepts. The $175,000 award to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation will span one academic year from August 2024 to July 2025. The project will utilize a novel analytical approach combining the frameworks of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) will study the effects of interventions to promote productive failure responses and STEM persistence among college students, particularly those from historically excluded communities. The $388,750 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, will fund two experiments: 1) testing the impact of videos about personal and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the CFDA 47.041 Engineering program, provides $191,657 to Tufts University to transform engineering education by leveraging "meaningful failure" as a promising approach to learning and teaching. The research involves using biometric data, classroom observations, and psychosocial assessments to better understand how each student experiences failure. The goal is to develop new educational tools and strategies that...

This $399,481 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve the success and persistence of undergraduate students taking pre-calculus courses at a Hispanic Serving Institution. The project will implement an intervention program that includes exposure to campus resources, attribution retraining, and use of a pedagogical tool called an "exam wrapper" to promote self-reflection. The goal is to increase student...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 to Nd-Diagenomix, Inc. (DBA Adapta Education, Inc.) will develop a web-based formative assessment system for high school math education. The system will utilize innovative machine learning and large language models to provide highly efficient and personalized assessments that are easily customizable by teachers. This aims to address critical classroom challenges, such...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $399,894 will fund the development of an augmented reality tool to support STEM learning for students with executive functioning difficulties. Awarded on September 1, 2022 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the grant provides funding to Terc, Inc. through August 31, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will create an open-source tool using deep learning algorithms to detect off-task behavior in undergraduate...

R G Research Group, Inc., doing business as Instructional Research Group, received a $1,085,062 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop a supplemental math intervention for students with difficulties in developing the concept of an algebraic variable. The three-year award running from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026 will support design and evaluation of instructional materials to help prepare struggling 8th grade students...

This $634,950 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will develop an artificial intelligence-based conversational framework called ILAB to create interactive laboratory experiences for middle school science students and teachers using simulation-based experiments. The key products and services to be delivered include: An intelligent conversational agent called SIMPAL that will engage...

This $906,792 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under CFDA 93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training program aims to develop an interactive digital media (IDM) product called "ModelIT!" for afterschool programming that teaches computational modeling and simulation skills to 5th-8th grade students. The project will build on previous work to adapt a research-grade computational modeling and simulation technology called "Cell...