Teachers College Columbia University will receive $848,706 from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project grant titled "Collaborative Research: Seeing Science: Using Computer Vision to Explore the Scientific Principles Behind Everyday Objects." The funding is provided from Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025. The project aims to use computer vision algorithms and mobile devices to help middle school students learn science concepts through...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program aims to investigate a model for AI-supported mobile augmented reality (AR) to create culturally relevant educational science simulations for 9th grade biology students. The $597,395 award to Stanford University will fund the development of a suite of interactive AR "laboratories" that allow students to manipulate content via voice commands. The...
This $348,706 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and implement a curricular program for middle-school students in community-based settings. The program will focus on building data visualization skills to help students become critical consumers and interpreters of data. The research goals are to provide empirical evidence of middle school students building data visualization practices through learning technologies and to...
This $900,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of a low-cost augmented reality (AR) platform that integrates force sensing and visualization to enhance physics education for high school students. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: 1) Construction of a force sensing platform capable of measuring 3D contact and non-contact forces and moments, integrated...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $107,941 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Sponsored Projects Administration Division (Columbia University) on July 15, 2023. The grant supports a 3-year collaborative research project to use machine learning and eye-tracking technology to improve visual problem-solving in chemistry education. The project aims to...
The National Science Foundation awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $648,696 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and research "Intelligent Science Stations" - a new genre of interactive, mixed-reality science learning experiences for students in grades K-4. The project aims to create four Intelligent Science Stations that incorporate scientific apparatuses like earthquake tables and balance scales, with an intelligent AI agent that provides...
This $399,924 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program will support Texas Southern University's TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: ADVANCING BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN COMPUTER VISION. The project aims to improve computer vision curriculum and establish new educational and research infrastructures to engage underrepresented minority students. Specific activities include implementing and evaluating theoretical and hands-on computer vision...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) in the amount of $945,813 aims to enhance conceptual learning in quantum and semiconductor physics through the development and evaluation of interactive visualization and simulation tools. The project, which will be carried out by a consortium of researchers across five universities and colleges, will expand upon previously developed tools and conduct large-scale studies to determine their effectiveness in...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate the impact of video-based analysis of classroom teaching on STEM teacher preparation, effectiveness, and retention in high-need schools. The $157,753 award to Teachers College Columbia University will engage approximately 200 future and current STEM teachers across seven institutions in video-based analysis activities as part of their teacher preparation...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received a $770,635 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The funding supports a 5-year research project to examine the neural mechanisms underlying the benefits of using visuospatial summaries versus verbal summaries in learning STEM concepts. The project aims to investigate whether visuospatial explanations gain preferential access to memory consolidation processes, leading to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $850,000 Project Grant to Columbia University from the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEEING SCIENCE: USING COMPUTER VISION TO EXPLORE THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES BEHIND EVERYDAY OBJECTS." The project aims to develop computer vision algorithms and mobile phone applications to allow middle school students to observe and explore scientific phenomena in their everyday environments. Students will use the augmented reality platform to take photos and videos around their homes and neighborhoods that will be overlayed with diagrams, models and simulations illustrating scientific principles. This will enable students to observe and experiment with phenomena such as heat transfer and diffusion. The three-year project will also involve human-centered design and stakeholder interviews to develop the platform in an accessible and culturally-responsive way. The goal is to foster students' personal connections to science and make science education more equitable and inclusive.