The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was awarded a $435,679 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant is part of the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) and will support the development of integrated computer science curricula for linguistically diverse K-5 classrooms from September 2021 through August 2024. The University will create new lesson plans and teaching materials that incorporate computer...
The University of South Carolina was awarded a $241,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant is part of the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076) and will support the development of integrated computer science curricula for linguistically diverse K-5 classrooms from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the award, the University will create new lesson plans and teaching materials that...
George Mason University received a $165,996 project grant award from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RI: SMALL: NL(V)P: NATURAL LANGUAGE (VARIETY) PROCESSING" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The award was made under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in all areas of computing, communications, and information science...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $578,047 to George Mason University to develop a virtual classroom platform that supports collaborative learning of mathematical modeling for middle-school students. The project aims to increase opportunities for students from under-resourced communities to receive effective mathematics education, supporting more equitable learning. Key features of the platform include...
George Mason University was awarded a $489,141 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The grant will support research from September 2021 through August 2024 for the "SMALL: FROM SPATIAL LANGUAGE TO SPATIAL DATA - A SIMULATION-BASED APPROACH" project. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and informatics research. This project aligns with those goals by supporting...
This three-year, $993,213 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of K-8 computer science and computational thinking curricula and teacher professional development for multilingual learners. The University of California, Santa Cruz will prepare pre-service and in-service teachers to design curricula integrating these skills into science classes through collaborative design processes involving teachers, students, and...
Weber State University was awarded a $202,253 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076) to support the development of integrated computer science curricula for linguistically diverse K-5 classrooms in Ogden, Utah through August 31, 2024. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's science, technology,...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $721,534 to the University of Maryland, College Park from September 2022 through August 2025 to develop curricular modules and teacher training materials focused on integrating computer science into linguistically inclusive, transdisciplinary STEM instruction at the elementary school level. Specifically, the award supports a research-practice partnership team in modifying existing lesson plans to include...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $750,000 will fund the "Talking CS: Using Language to Broaden Participation and Improve Conceptual Understanding" project, which is a collaboration between WestEd and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). The project aims to develop a series of language routines that can be integrated into any middle school computer science programming curriculum to support classroom discourse and...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $3 million project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on September 1, 2021. The five-year grant will support the Linguistic Diversity Across the Lifespan project to transform training and advance human-technology interaction through research on linguistic diversity. As part of the NSF's mission to ensure the vitality of the nation's STEM education...