Project Grant 2018270

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $250,000 over 5 years to Oregon State University to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) that will develop four new Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) focused on topics such as bioinformatics, behavioral genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology. The goal is to expand upon an existing...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $268,072 supports the development of scientific reasoning skills assessment tools and associated curriculum for introductory physics labs at The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the collaborative three-year project aims to advance scientific reasoning among undergraduate students through new online and in-person lab modules focusing on control of variables...

The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $331,926 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University for a collaborative project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LABS." The project aims to develop physics lab curriculum modules and assessments targeted at improving students'...

This $399,797 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop better teaching methods and assessment tools to improve undergraduate students' understanding of experimental design and scientific literacy. The key products and services to be delivered include: Gathering data through interviews with beginner, experienced, and expert undergraduate students to develop improved assessment tools for experimental...

This National Science Foundation project grant award of $299,493 provides funding from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Colorado State University. The award aims to improve evidence-based teaching practices in undergraduate biology courses through the development and testing of "Reading to Reason in Science" interventions focusing on scientific argumentation and processes. At least 1,000 undergraduates across three...

This Project Grant award by the National Science Foundation's Education and Human Resources program (CFDA 47.076) provides $487,810 to Tufts University to conduct research on modeling the conceptual dynamics of college students' reasoning about natural selection. The project aims to identify and characterize the knowledge elements students use when thinking about this foundational biological concept, and to build predictive models of how different contexts influence students' reasoning....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure provides $221,196 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology to support the "RCN-UBE: CASE-BASED ACTIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION (CASE) MENTORING NETWORK" project over 5 years from December 2023 to November 2028. The project aims to provide personalized teacher mentoring, training in using and writing effective and inclusive case studies, and sharing of authored resources to better...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Initiation Award of $300,000 to Bethune-Cookman University aims to evaluate the impact of pedagogical interventions involving active learning and computational thinking approaches on student success in undergraduate biology education. The award is funded under the NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, which supports initiatives to strengthen STEM education and workforce development. The project will develop and refine an intelligent online...

This $399,988 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop and test technology-based interventions to help introductory biology students improve self-regulation and learning. The project, led by the University of Colorado, will engage over 2,000 introductory biology students annually in reflective practices focused on motivation, metacognition, and self-regulation. The interventions will be integrated into a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program aims to develop, test, and publish a collection of approximately 45 Core Concept Teaching Tools (CCTTs) to help biology students transfer their knowledge of core concepts across scales and sub-disciplines. The $232,710 award to the University of Colorado will support bringing together biology educators to create the CCTTs, which will include narratives describing complex biological phenomena and activities...