The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $191,819 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to the Catholic University of America (CUA) to utilize machine learning and eye-tracking technology to improve visual problem-solving skills in chemistry education. The 3-year project aims to develop an intelligent tutoring system that provides real-time feedback to students based on their viewing patterns during chemistry problem-solving activities. By...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $299,134 Project Grant to the University of South Florida (USF) to develop assessment tools for evaluating students' understanding of organic chemistry reaction mechanisms. The 3-year project aims to design computer-based scoring models using machine learning text analysis to assess students' written explanations of organic chemistry concepts. The project will also provide professional development...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $850,000 Project Grant to Columbia University from the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SEEING SCIENCE: USING COMPUTER VISION TO EXPLORE THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES BEHIND EVERYDAY OBJECTS." The project aims to develop computer vision algorithms and mobile phone applications to allow middle school students to observe and explore scientific phenomena in their everyday environments. Students will...
Teachers College Columbia University will receive $848,706 from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project grant titled "Collaborative Research: Seeing Science: Using Computer Vision to Explore the Scientific Principles Behind Everyday Objects." The funding is provided from Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025. The project aims to use computer vision algorithms and mobile devices to help middle school students learn science concepts through...
This $172,921 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research and development to improve organic chemistry education. The University of Northern Colorado will conduct three studies and develop instructional materials to better understand how undergraduate students learn from and apply different molecular representations in organic chemistry problem solving. Specifically, the university will randomly assign problem sets using chemical...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $290,844 awarded to Iowa State University on March 1, 2023 will support the development of automated assistants to enhance student learning in general chemistry courses through February 28, 2025. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the university will create text-based chatbots to direct student engagement with chemistry concepts and their connections to broader societal issues. The chatbots will utilize expert-developed content...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $273,814.00 and awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports research to investigate undergraduate chemistry students' reasoning and conceptual change related to graphical representations of particulate-level variability. The project aims to (1) describe the impact of a general chemistry course sequence on individual students' conceptual structures and ability to interpret and make inferences...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $299,636 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to The University of Iowa. This grant aims to characterize how undergraduate chemistry students engage in science practices and to develop assessment resources that instructors can use to provide feedback and evaluate student performance on these skills. The project will observe student behaviors and analyze work products in introductory, organic, and advanced chemistry...
This $197,819 Project Grant, awarded on October 1, 2023 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to develop undergraduate chemistry students' competency in scientific practices and their self-efficacy in carrying out those practices. The project team, consisting of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and California State University, Fullerton, plans to implement a novel approach to engaging chemistry learners in science...
This $399,432 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award to Michigan State University (MSU) aims to support undergraduate students in learning to construct mechanistic explanations and models to understand how and why phenomena occur. The project will design tasks to elicit such explanations from students, and implement generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to provide feedback and support student knowledge construction, particularly in large...