Project Grant 2235744
- 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 project grant of $464,597 will fund research to characterize active learning environments in physics education and relate classroom features to student outcomes. The award was made under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the creation and implementation of promising STEM education practices. Specifically, the funding will support a collaborative research project between Drexel University and Wright...
- The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, located in Bloomsburg, PA, to improve student success in first-year STEM courses. The project aims to implement two proven approaches - the co-requisite model and the Learning Assistant (LA) model - to increase college completion and retention, particularly for disadvantaged students, in STEM degree programs. Through the co-requisite model, students with...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to promote best practices in introductory experimental physics labs. The $949,555 award, effective July 15, 2025 through June 30, 2029, will support the University of Washington to create and sustain an Introductory Physics Labs Institute. This institute will develop instructor expertise, implement educational innovations, and adapt existing innovations for specific teaching and learning...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to promote best practices in introductory experimental physics education. The $348,165 award to Cornell University will support the creation of an Introductory Physics Labs Institute to develop a community and resources for physics lab instructors to redesign their labs based on proven strategies from physics education research. The project will generate new scholarship on how STEM lab...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to develop and document more effective ways to disseminate research-informed STEM education programs and practices at the University of Colorado-Denver. The $500,000 award will fund two key initiatives over a 3-year period from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028: Expansion of the Learning Assistants (LA) program to additional STEM courses with high DFW (D, F, or Withdrawal) rates,...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $155,257 will support the University of Washington's efforts to improve and broaden participation in undergraduate STEM education through faculty professional development workshops focused on student-centered pedagogical practices that foster diversity, equity and inclusion in physics and astronomy. Funded under the NSF's Institutional and Community Transformation track of the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), this May 1, 2022 through April...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) in the amount of $945,813 aims to enhance conceptual learning in quantum and semiconductor physics through the development and evaluation of interactive visualization and simulation tools. The project, which will be carried out by a consortium of researchers across five universities and colleges, will expand upon previously developed tools and conduct large-scale studies to determine their effectiveness in...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $599,750 Project Grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to improve the quality of learning among physics students. The University will implement Team-Based Learning approaches in multiple lower-division and advanced physics courses over a three-year period from July 2022 to June 2025. Team-Based Learning is an interactive instructional strategy that replaces passive learning with active...
This National Science Foundation STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award in the amount of $111,193 aims to improve teaching and learning in large introductory physics courses through the use of Learning Assistants (LAs). The project, which involves investigators at Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington Bothell, and Western Washington University, will develop a model for training LAs to effectively elicit and build on students' diverse science ideas. This approach, referred to as "TRELLIS: Training to Elicit and Leverage Ideas about Science," is intended to promote equity by helping students learn physics better and connect physics to their life experiences. The project has three key objectives: 1) investigating the ideas that LAs use to think about teaching and learning, 2) developing and testing effective instructional materials for LA pedagogy courses, and 3) recruiting and supporting LAs from diverse backgrounds to participate in the project's LA programs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $111.2k | 9/19/23 |