Project Grant 2118904
- The University of Massachusetts received a $374,775 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems. The award will support the collaborative research project "Common Error Diagnostics and Support in Short-Answer Math Questions" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to advance the development of research cyberinfrastructure to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation in computer and information science and...
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $239,307 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The award supports the collaborative research project "Common Error Diagnostics and Support in Short-Answer Math Questions" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to advance development of automated diagnostic tools and targeted feedback for common errors in short-answer math questions. It...
- Federal Project Grant Summary The Institute of Education Sciences awarded Assistments Foundation Inc. a $500,000 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) for the project "Supporting Math Understanding in Title I Schools: Creating a Text Answer AI Tutor (TA-A-IT)." The award, obligated on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2026, supports the development and implementation of an artificial...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I Project Grant to Nd-Diagenomix, Inc. (doing business as Adapta Education, Inc.) to develop a web-based formative assessment system for high school math education. The project aims to address critical problems in math education, including student learning deficiencies and teacher burnout, by creating a highly efficient and personalized assessment platform that can be easily customized by teachers. The system will leverage...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $174,957 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of Southern Maine. This grant funds the development of MATHMEX, a conversational math search engine that aims to improve the effectiveness of math information retrieval. The project will involve creating a labeled mathematical dataset, linking information on mathematical concepts, developing natural language processing...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 will support the development of an AI-enhanced platform to empower K-12 teachers with high-quality and inclusive math instruction. The project aims to tackle challenges in K-12 math education by integrating new AI models to assist teachers in generating personalized lesson materials, providing formative assessment, auto-scoring, and generating diagnostic reports...
- This Project Grant award of $1,296,683.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Southern Methodist University's research on using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to personalize mathematics instruction for 7th grade students. The project aims to explore the impacts and opportunities when using GenAI to construct personalized algebra problems that connect to students' interests in areas like sports or video games. The research will...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $171,743 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Lowell under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research collaborating between UMass Lowell and Tufts University researchers to develop machine learning tools for analyzing student-written justifications for challenging concept questions in engineering statics courses. Over a three-year period from April 2023 through March 2026, researchers will collect student...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Educational Testing Service a $622,551 Project Grant to develop authentic and fair computer science assessments from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Under the grant, ETS will create assessments to support the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education enterprise. Specifically, ETS will develop...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) totaling $149,146 supports research at Smith College to improve computer science education outcomes. The project aims to develop and test a two-stage exam process for introductory computer programming courses. The first stage utilizes an improved multiple-choice exam requiring students to justify answers to identify knowledge gaps. Students with significant gaps proceed to a follow-up interview....
The Assistments Foundation Inc. was awarded a $235,693 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant supports the collaborative research project "Common Error Diagnostics and Support in Short-Answer Math Questions" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to advance the development of research cyberinfrastructure for computing, communications, and information science through investigator-initiated work. Specifically, the Assistments Foundation will analyze student errors on short-answer math questions to build improved diagnostic feedback and targeted instructional support. The work aligns with the goals of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to enable and accelerate discovery and innovation through computational research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $235.7k | 8/9/21 |