This $119,212 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of open response assessment items to evaluate undergraduate student engagement in mathematical sensemaking across science disciplines. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the California State University, Stanislaus will apply an evidence-centered design process to create assessment items aligned with a three-dimensional learning framework. The university will conduct validity studies,...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $172,947 will fund the development of open response assessments to evaluate undergraduate student engagement in mathematical sensemaking across biology, chemistry, and physics disciplines. Awarded under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the funding will support two aims over a four year period from March 2023 through February 2027. The first aim is to apply an evidence-centered design process to develop open-ended assessment items...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $221,003 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on student interactions in small groups within belonging-oriented undergraduate mathematics classrooms that employ active learning approaches. The project aims to explore the experiences of students from non-dominant identity groups and their instructors during these group activities, analyzing their interactions,...
This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant, funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support research at the University of California, Santa Barbara to advance the cognitive science of active learning in STEM courses. Over a two-year period, the fellow will conduct three controlled experiments manipulating dosage schedules and order of active learning and lecture components. The research aims to pinpoint instructional features that maximize equity,...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to gain deeper insights into how undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics approach and comprehend fundamental discrete mathematics concepts. The $175,000 award to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation will span one academic year from August 2024 to July 2025. The project will utilize a novel analytical approach combining the frameworks of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant of $632,122 aims to develop curricular packages for teaching about teaching college mathematics and build understanding of the knowledge, skills, and communities that faculty who provide teaching-focused professional development (TPD) need to grow as provider-scholars and leaders. The project will assemble lessons from a library of TPD activities, create assessments of learning about teaching, and train new TPD...
This $199,998 National Science Foundation award through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) funds a pilot project at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley to build math capacity and enhance undergraduate STEM education. The project develops and analyzes a summer bridge math experience for newly admitted students requiring math/statistics courses. The four-day program includes math workshops and campus life/career orientation field trips to assist students' math preparation and...
This $388,623 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) grant awarded to Millsaps College aims to establish evidence-based classroom practices that promote active learning in undergraduate Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics courses. The project will investigate how classroom architecture influences the shift from a passive, instructor-centered learning environment to an active, student-centered approach. Millsaps College will work with STEM instructors to incorporate and...
This National Science Foundation award under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program will support the development of open-response assessment items to evaluate undergraduate student engagement in mathematical sensemaking across biology, chemistry, and physics disciplines. With total funding of $699,918 over a four-year period from March 2023 through February 2027, Michigan State University will pursue two aims. The first aim is to apply an...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,785,274 to investigate changes in teachers' classroom practices after participating in different professional development models. The 4-year study, beginning in September 2024, will examine six prior NSF-funded professional development projects to better understand effective factors associated with teacher uptake, learning, and impact. The research team, led by...