Project Grant 2000866

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,300,000 to the University of Virginia to develop low-cost, adaptable physical computing tools such as robots to provide equitable opportunities for elementary and middle school students to learn computer science (CS) skills and concepts. The project aims to investigate how these educational robots can help students develop CS understanding and executive functioning skills, while...

This $667,156 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings will fund the development of a Data Sensing Learning Environment (DASLET) to advance middle school students' computational thinking skills and engagement with STEM careers in the construction industry. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076), which supports the development of the Nation's STEM education enterprise, Texas A&M University will...

This two-year, $299,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to expand access to computer science education across rural Kansas through the Cyber Pipeline Initiative led by Kansas State University's Department of Computer Science. The initiative currently provides computer science curriculum, teacher professional development and support to seven schools. This demonstration project will modify the Computing Core...

This $277,284 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the Research Foundation for the State University of New York to design a residency-based computer science teacher preparation program in partnership with Lockport City School District. The goal is to increase access to K-12 computer science courses and train qualified teachers through a community-based, justice-oriented approach. Specifically, the award will support the development of CS curricular pathways for the high school and...

This $550,786 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to improve computer science (CS) education in high schools in Western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota. The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will deliver a 7-week intensive summer research program for 30 STEM teachers over 3 years, focusing on integrating interdisciplinary CS research experiences in K-12 education. The program will...

This $249,960 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project, led by North Carolina State University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Massachusetts, aims to provide...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a research-practice partnership between Jackson State University (JSU) and the Jackson Public School (JPS) district in Mississippi. The goal is to enhance computer science (CS) learning experiences for JPS students, particularly those underrepresented in computing, by improving CS professional development for 6th grade teachers. Key...

This $997,575 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program aims to strengthen elementary computer science (CS) education pathways in rural school districts in the Pacific Northwest. The research-practice partnership between the American Institutes for Research (AIR), BootUp Professional Development, the Idaho STEM Action Center, Oregon Department of Education, and Washington Office of the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is supporting the early establishment of a Research Practice Partnership (RPP) focused on designing, developing, and piloting instructional materials that integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into PreK-8 classrooms. The $288,749 award to Katabasis, Inc., a non-profit organization, is funding the development of a game-based learning platform called "AgriCoding"...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,361 to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC to address the limited inclusion of K-8 learners with disabilities in computer science (CS) education. Through a networked improvement community research-practice partnership, the project aims to: Provide professional development to cohorts of special and general education teachers on Universal Design for Learning and...