This three-year, $984,603 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate factors influencing the effectiveness and retention of secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The project, conducted by San Jose State University Research Foundation, seeks to identify individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy factors that shape early-career teachers' enactment of effective and...
This is a Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) totaling $632,122. The award aims to improve programs that prepare the next generation of college mathematics instructors by: Developing curricular packages for teaching providers (faculty members) on how to deliver effective teaching-focused professional development (TPD) to novice college math instructors. Building understanding of the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and...
This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve mathematics education for pre-service K-8 teachers at Arizona State University. The project will integrate visual computing technology and the engineering design process into an upper-division mathematics methods course, engaging approximately 180 pre-service teachers per year. Research will study the effectiveness of this interdisciplinary approach in...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $708,060 will support the Mathematics Master Teacher Leadership Project from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2029. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the award will develop a cadre of 18 master's-level mathematics teachers from five high-need Central Valley school districts in California as Master Teaching Fellows. The Fellows will complete a Master of Science in Mathematics degree and participate in teaching and leadership...
This $943,979 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of South Alabama's Pathway to Mathematics II initiative. The project aims to recruit and prepare 20 highly qualified mathematics teachers over five years through a master's degree program integrating mathematics pedagogy and content coursework. It will serve teachers produced by the original Pathway to Mathematics project and focus on attracting racially and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $651,683 to Texas A&M International University from March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2028. The grant aims to increase the number of outstanding STEM majors prepared as high-quality secondary mathematics teachers for South Texas school districts, which face challenges attracting and retaining such teachers. Specifically, the grant...
This $565,771 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to design and implement effective and equitable professional learning for middle school computer science (CS) teachers. The primary awardee, San Francisco State University, will collaborate with WestEd and over 10 California school districts to investigate strategies for improving retention rates of underrepresented groups in CS teacher preparation programs. The...
This Project Grant award of $450,523 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to investigate how preparation in racial equity and language equity practices impacts the effectiveness and retention of secondary STEM teachers in high-need schools. Led by Principal Investigators at Santa Clara University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Education Northwest, the 4-year study will track 45 STEM teachers from their preparation program through...
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York received a $700,033 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant aims to improve secondary mathematics education through a teacher preparation program that emphasizes community, equity, and inclusion. Over 5 years, the project will recruit 24 undergraduate mathematics majors and prepare them to become effective middle and high school mathematics teachers for...
This $299,989 National Science Foundation project grant supports the Culturally Sustaining Mathematics Education Project at Delaware State University to improve mathematics pre-service teacher preparation. The project aims to connect students' personal and cultural identities to mathematics understanding through culturally sustaining pedagogies and inquiry-based instruction. It will revise mathematics for teachers courses serving elementary and middle grades majors. Secondary math education...