Project Grant 2225306
- This $227,619 National Science Foundation Project Grant will support the development of a culturally relevant immersive virtual learning environment to advance spatial computational thinking skills and career awareness among upper elementary Latinx students. Funded through the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the project aims to design Minecraft: Education Edition experiences that incorporate bilingual visual programming functions and culturally aligned content. Participants will...
- This $299,963 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of culturally and linguistically sustaining STEM pedagogies using mixed-reality simulations at the University of West Florida from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to improve undergraduate STEM education students' ability to teach in a culturally and linguistically sustaining way through online modules, focused mentor feedback, and practice teaching with virtual avatars in mixed-reality...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $200,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop adaptable, game-based interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals of the project are to: Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve learner engagement. Provide a deeper understanding of the design, development, and deployment of these learning environments,...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to investigate how neurodivergent youth can stimulate community-centered learning of electronic circuits through playful arts-based practices in underserved public spaces. The $296,239 award will be used by Arizona State University (ASU) to train 12 neurodivergent youth community educators on electronic circuits and facilitate workshops on circuit bending at two community pop-up...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will advance education in STEM fields among rural students in the Navajo Nation region. The $425,000 project, awarded to Arizona State University (ASU), will employ a participatory, design-based research model to develop and implement culturally-responsive engineering curricula for elementary and high school students. The project will engage over 20 teachers and 1,500 students across the...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to design the blueprint and initial prototype for a gamified, personalized virtual experience to provide essential scientific research skills training to undergraduate students at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. The $500,000 project, with a performance period from September 2024 to August 2027, seeks to increase access to guided research opportunities for underrepresented Hispanic...
- This $113,370 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform introductory engineering courses at a Hispanic-serving two-year college. The goal is to enhance student success and interest in pursuing STEM degrees through a project-based learning approach. The award will fund the development of quasi-independent, low-cost classroom materials and curricula that provide early-career engineering students with significant...
- This $334,155 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to explore how family involvement in everyday activities like cooking can spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with a focus on Latino families. The project will evaluate the effects of culturally affirming, at-home, co-cooking activities on children's STEM identity, career aspirations, and diet quality over a 5-week period....
- This Project Grant award of $147,656 from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research project investigating factors that impact the variability in STEM workforce development programs across the nation. The key products or services to be delivered include: The project will measure institutional factors that contribute to developing career-ready STEM curricula and identify strategies to leverage best...
- This $2,462,116 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of three immersive virtual research laboratories that allow middle-school students to engage with scientific practices in the context of polar research. The award will support a co-design process with teachers and students, especially from schools with majority Hispanic populations, to create these game-inspired virtual labs that bridge educational...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $349,994 to Arizona State University to implement a research project and professional development plan aimed at empowering children of migratory and seasonal farmworkers through culturally responsive gamification and engineering design instruction. Specifically, the investigator will conduct a qualitative study using critical agency framework to collect and analyze data from pre- and post-surveys, interviews, and online platform tracking of three cohorts of 10 students each participating in a culturally responsive engineering design activity. The research aims to explore how the activity impacts students' academic profiles and STEM identity development, while also examining how students engage with gamification elements including a culturally responsive story line. Insights gathered could fill gaps in understanding STEM trajectories among migratory student populations and effective strategies for connecting engineering activities to their lived experiences. The October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025 award period will also support the investigator's capacity building in qualitative research methods and equity-centered approaches through a professional development plan.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $350.0k | 8/29/22 |