This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education will fund an ethnographic study of student use of online resources in STEM coursework at the University of Maryland, College Park. With total funding of $598,830 over three years from February 2022 to January 2025, the award supports research and development under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program.
The grantee will qualitatively examine how and why undergraduate engineering students use homework solutions, with a focus on two introductory mechanics and thermodynamics courses. Using ethnographic methods like student interviews and audio/video journals, researchers aim to understand student justifications for solution use and how it relates to learning. Findings will inform instructional interventions co-developed with faculty and potential policy changes to reduce inappropriate solution access. The grantee will disseminate results, interventions and policies through a workshop and publications to help other institutions adopt similar approaches under this NSF program supporting improved STEM education effectiveness.
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