This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,452,948 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to develop a curriculum that engages middle-school students in learning science and artificial intelligence (AI) concepts. The project, titled "Investigation of Students' Learning, Interest, and Career Aspirations in an Integrated Science and Artificial Intelligence Learning Environment (I-SAIL)," aims to prepare students and...
This $385,921 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and research of an AI Across the Curriculum program at North Carolina State University. The interdisciplinary team will create introductory and advanced modules integrating artificial intelligence concepts into existing high school mathematics, English language arts, and history curricula. They will also develop a 60-hour professional development program to train...
This Project Grant award for $489,803 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AI BY 8: A RESEARCH INVESTIGATION LED BY A RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP ON UNPLUGGED AI LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN," aims to establish a research-practice partnership (RPP) between the American Institutes for Research (AIR), North Carolina State University (NCSU), Partner to Improve...
This Project Grant award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AI BY 8: A RESEARCH INVESTIGATION LED BY A RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP ON UNPLUGGED AI LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN", is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The $509,999 award will be used by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), North Carolina State University (NCSU), Partner to Improve (PTI), and rural North Carolina school districts to...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $1,283,565 will fund the development of an AI-driven classroom assistant called Insight to transform introductory computer science instruction from 2023-2027. Under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), North Carolina State University will design, develop, and refine Insight to provide real-time adaptive feedback and coding analytics to both students and instructors. The university will collaborate with computer science courses at...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to empower middle school teachers to integrate computational thinking (CT) into their science classrooms. The $564,135 award to North Carolina State University will fund the co-design and testing of 28 new CT-integrated science activities, provide professional development on CT in science for 84 teachers, and iteratively co-design and test an AI-powered tool to support teachers in...
This $349,999 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to investigate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide multimodal formative feedback for K-12 science education. The project aims to develop design principles for incorporating AI-generated feedback into multimodal science assessments to support equitable student learning and...
This three-year, $516,058 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum modules integrated across high school core subjects and a professional development program for teachers. Led by the Concord Consortium, the project team which includes Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University, will create a two-hour introductory AI module and three five-hour...
This $199,503 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund a large-scale, mixed-methods study to understand perceptions and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in K-12 education. The one-year project will survey a nationally representative sample of parents, teachers, and youth to identify opportunities, risks, and supports needed for integrating AI-driven learning tools. The study will employ both...
This $224,669 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund research to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methods for personalized learning in computer science education. The award will enable North Carolina State University to: Integrate fine-grained student performance data to model students' problem-solving strategies and competencies at varying levels of abstraction....
The National Science Foundation awarded North Carolina State University a $1,166,886 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop the AI Play program model and associated curricular materials. The grant aims to introduce 500 middle school students and more than 20 teachers in rural North Carolina communities to artificial intelligence concepts through game design activities and professional development from May 2022 to April 2025. As part of the grant, Wested will eliminate external evaluation activities and feedback originally planned for the fourth year of the project. The university will leverage a design-based research approach to iteratively refine AI Play, identifying engaging AI learning experiences and support for integrating them into school-based programs. Research will determine the program's impact on students' and teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and interest in AI careers using quantitative and qualitative methods. Deliverables will include disseminating the AI Play model and research findings to help engage rural youth in AI fields.