This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources (CFDA 47.076), provides $210,704 to Vanderbilt University from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The funding supports collaborative research between Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University to design and evaluate learning activities for elementary science methods courses. The activities aim to help teacher candidates learn science in an immersive way that...
This $516,971 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports Bowling Green State University in recruiting, preparing, and supporting STEM professionals to become secondary STEM teachers in high-need school districts in Ohio over a four-year period. The project aims to increase the number of qualified STEM teachers serving in the region's high-need school districts by recruiting 32 STEM professionals and providing them with an...
This Project Grant award of $169,035.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a collaborative research project to address racial inequities in STEM teacher education. The project aims to: Identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from historically underrepresented populations. Develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies....
This $515,428 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development of new statistical methods and research tools for conducting small-sample studies of teaching and learning in STEM fields. The research project, led by the University of Cincinnati, aims to derive new estimation procedures for cross-classified structural equation models that can generate robust findings from studies with smaller sample sizes, which is a...
This $599,971 National Science Foundation project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of case-based scenarios to enhance pre-service elementary teachers' enactment of equitable mathematics and science instruction. In collaboration with in-service teachers from diverse backgrounds, the University of Utah will design cases capturing authentic classroom situations addressing students' cultural resources and experiences. These cases will be implemented in...
This $188,167 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to address racial inequities in STEM teacher education. The grant will be used by Washington State University to: (1) identify community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from underrepresented populations; (2) develop strategies for preparing STEM teacher candidates to enact culturally sustaining pedagogies; and (3) advance...
This $394,263 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to increase the number of highly-qualified STEM teachers prepared to teach in high-need school districts. Over five years, the project will recruit, prepare, and graduate 17 prospective elementary and secondary mathematics, biology, and chemistry teachers, training them in culturally responsive teaching practices. The project will also create opportunities for cross-collaboration...
This five-year, $812,324 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of South Alabama's Investigating Science Teacher, Research, Education, and Methods Used to Prepare Pre-Service Science Teachers program. The program aims to address the national need for highly qualified K-12 science teachers, especially those from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, through recruiting and preparing 16 science majors to obtain...
This $135,115 three-year Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop and scale pre-college robotics curricula through a collaboration between The Ohio State University and Arizona State University. The project will iteratively create robotics lessons, teacher guides, and AI-driven teacher support to achieve nationwide implementation, building on an initial cohort of 12 high schools. Key strategies include engaging teachers as...
This Project Grant award, valued at $151,662.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The project aims to address the racial and ethnic diversity gap between K-12 students and the teacher workforce by leveraging an existing consortium of STEM teacher preparation programs in Washington State. Key objectives include: Identifying community assets and systemic barriers to recruiting and supporting STEM teacher candidates from...
This $311,988 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of equitable science teaching practices for elementary teacher candidates. Specifically, the Ohio State University will design learning activities for elementary science methods courses that leverage immersive learning, collaborative planning, and reflection to help teacher candidates develop ideologies supporting multiple pathways for learning science. Activities will provide resources for equitable teaching and allow candidates to design curricula inviting diverse ways of knowing science. In years one and two, initial cohorts at Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University will engage with and provide feedback on course activities, with qualitative evaluation of candidate learning outcomes. The project also aims to disseminate results and share lessons through professional development networks to foster equitable elementary science education.