This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $212,613 to East Carolina University to develop curriculum materials and conduct research to prepare future middle and high school mathematics teachers to effectively use web-based dynamic geometry technology tools when leading discussions on geometry concepts. The three main goals are: 1) creating online modules to train future teachers on facilitating productive mathematics discussions...
This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve mathematics education for pre-service K-8 teachers at Arizona State University. The project will integrate visual computing technology and the engineering design process into an upper-division mathematics methods course, engaging approximately 180 pre-service teachers per year. Research will study the effectiveness of this interdisciplinary approach in...
This $147,103 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop curricular packages for teaching-focused professional development (TPD) to improve programs preparing novice college mathematics instructors. The key goals are to: Develop curricular packages for learning about teaching college mathematics, which will be piloted by experienced TPD providers. Build new research-based understanding of the knowledge, skills,...
This $149,983 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based AI-driven classroom simulation tools that will improve evidence-based mathematics teaching practices. The project will create a suite of open-source simulations to support pre-service teachers in fostering rich mathematical discourse in their classrooms. It will also produce open data sets of mathematical dialogue and...
The University of Chicago received a three-year, two-hundred thirty-six thousand seven hundred eighty dollar Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program to conduct research examining elementary mathematics teachers' behaviors and learning with an online professional development platform. The university will explore how elementary school teachers participate in and perceive their learning from asynchronous online resources for mathematics teaching, including...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded through the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076), provides $763,859 over four years to the University of Illinois to support teachers in designing and implementing geometry lessons using a human-centered design (HCD) approach. The project will engage mathematics teachers in lesson study to develop and implement problem-based geometry lessons that integrate HCD principles. Key project...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,785,274.00 and issued by the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, supports a four-year study on investigating changes to teachers' classroom practices after participating in different professional development models. The key products and services delivered through this STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) grant include survey data collection, simulated recall interviews, semi-structured...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will fund the development and pilot testing of an asynchronous online professional learning course for middle grades mathematics teachers. The $1,502,771 grant awarded to WestEd will support the creation of a 10-session course that integrates equitable mathematics teaching practices, such as positioning students as competent, with content focused on transformations-based similarity,...
The University of Illinois received a $674,248 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to conduct research examining elementary mathematics teachers' behaviors and learning with an online professional development platform. The three-year award, issued on August 1, 2023 and set to be completed by July 31, 2026, will support the investigation of how elementary school teachers participate in and perceive their learning from an online platform...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $121,215 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, with an award date of October 1, 2023. The project aims to develop and refine a series of instructional modules for use in grade 6-12 mathematics teacher preparation courses. These modules are designed to help prospective mathematics teachers develop the knowledge, skills, and...