Project Grant 2235606
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $155,278 Project Grant under the STEM Education (47.076) program to Drew University to develop a digital platform and classroom strategies for improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students' professional skills. The three-year award running from March 2023 to February 2026 will support Drew University's efforts to leverage an existing feedback-based skills rubric to create a scalable digital platform. This platform will provide...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $398,236 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to create a sustainable, adaptable framework for fostering critical thinking and inspiring diverse learners in STEM fields. The project aims to promote sustained interest and critical statistical thinking across undergraduate STEM education by implementing a novel two-course cross-level structure that pairs advanced...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,998 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Virginia (UVA) to incubate and pilot a "laboratory classroom" that will produce real-time metrics on individual student and teacher behaviors, physiology, cognition, and interactions within the classroom setting. The goal is to establish an evidence base to support personalized learning approaches and improve STEM education outcomes, particularly...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program ($299,499) supports the development of scalable, experiential learning models and tools for undergraduate STEM education from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026. The University of California Santa Cruz will establish a new pedagogical approach organizing project-based courses around "micro-roles" that scaffold apprenticeship-style learning pathways. This design-based research aims to develop organizational...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $743,728 Project Grant under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Purdue University to develop and evaluate the "Scalable Inquiry-Based STEM Instruction: A Blended Virtual-Physical Lab Concept for Large Lab Courses" framework. This project aims to address challenges in scaling inquiry-based learning in large STEM laboratory courses by integrating virtual and physical lab experiences. The research will explore methods for providing...
- 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 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 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $349,999 to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to expand and enhance methodologies for obtaining deeper insights into factors affecting the engagement and persistence of STEM majors in higher education. The project consists of two key components: 1) a systematic literature review to characterize the existing research on undergraduate STEM student engagement,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $399,724 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell will develop AI-driven educational technology tools to support student learning in undergraduate computer science courses. The project will explore how large language models can be customized to enable personalized, interactive, and reflective learning experiences for STEM students. Key goals include examining how language models can provide...
- This federal Project Grant award of $398,638 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to implement evidence-based instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses to improve student outcomes, persistence, and retention, particularly for students in the Appalachian region. The project, titled "Advancing STEM Learning and Institutional Change Through Faculty Training, Resources, and Support to Adopt Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies",...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program, provides $444,348 to Virginia Commonwealth University to develop a digital platform and classroom strategies for improving undergraduate STEM students' professional skills. The three-year award beginning in March 2023 will support creating a digital platform pre-loaded with customizable rubrics from the prior NSF-funded Enhancing Learning by Improving Process Skills project. A multidisciplinary team of instructors from various STEM disciplines and institution sizes will implement the platform and materials, develop training protocols, and identify best practices for generating impactful and timely feedback to students. Data on student interactions and outcomes will be analyzed to gauge how the platform and feedback help students improve skills and motivation towards STEM careers. The project aims to better integrate professional skill development across undergraduate STEM programs through a scalable approach applicable across disciplines, class sizes, and institution types.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $444.3k | 3/6/23 |