The National Science Foundation awarded a $546,879 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to San Francisco State University - Accounting Office. This 5-year grant (7/1/2023 - 6/30/2028) aims to study how partnerships between STEM faculty and undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) can enable sustainable institutional and classroom transformation to create more inclusive and engaging learning environments for students. The project...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,070,013 Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, under the STEM Education (47.076) program, to investigate how partnerships between STEM faculty and undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) can enable sustainable institutional and classroom transformation. The project aims to characterize the dynamics of LA-faculty partnerships, design and implement supports for such partnerships, and institutionalize key elements to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $344,869 to Tufts University to develop and implement professional development for Learning Assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The key objectives are to design and implement a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research (Goal 1) and investigate how this pedagogy sequence impacts LA facilitation...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of departmental change efforts that can transform undergraduate STEM education. The $136,024 award to National Louis University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, and Western Michigan University, will conduct a two-pronged project: (1) a landscape study on methods for supporting STEM departmental...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support faculty and student learning of equity-minded and student-centered pedagogy through iterative curricular co-design. The $399,896 award to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, will implement a professional development model that provides STEM faculty the knowledge, time, and support to design instructional innovations...
The National Science Foundation awarded $299,984 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop the Change Leadership Development Program. The two-year project will equip graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with change leadership skills to advance inclusive, evidence-based teaching in STEM fields. Through online courses and institutes, participants will learn to influence colleagues,...
This $441,059 award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance student success and persistence in STEM fields at Oakton Community College, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Over 3 years, the project will create a leadership development program for STEM Learning Assistants (LAs) and an expanded emerging leaders training program. The LA program will provide mentorship and pedagogical training to up to 60 LAs who will support active learning...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $280,806 will fund Vanderbilt University to deliver products and services aimed at improving equity in STEM education through 2026. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development and implementation of promising STEM education practices, the university will pursue three specific aims. The first is to assess impacts of incorporating Learning Assistants on sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and identity across...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to advance understanding of the central role that academic departments play in transforming undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The $176,893 award to the University of Colorado Boulder will conduct a landscape study on effective departmental change strategies and establish an inclusive community network to share best practices. The...