This $380,433 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to understand the current conditions, challenges, and resources related to middle school mathematics education in rural areas of the United States. The project will involve a national survey of rural middle school mathematics educators and administrators, followed by in-depth interviews. The project...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a collaborative research project to explore the landscape of rural mathematics education in the United States. The $497,750 grant, awarded on December 1, 2023, will support a four-phase research study conducted by the University of Rochester. The project aims to understand the current conditions, challenges, and resources related to middle school mathematics education in rural areas....
This $887,316 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support a study on the impact of "rough draft mathematics" teaching approaches on middle school students' engagement and motivation in learning mathematics. The University of Delaware, the prime awardee, will (1) observe teaching practices that promote rough drafting and revising in 24-32 middle school classrooms across three school districts, (2) analyze students'...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) Program project grant for $1,502,771 will fund the development and pilot testing of an asynchronous, collaborative online professional learning (PL) course for middle grades mathematics teachers. The project aims to help teachers provide equitable mathematics instruction to their students by incorporating equity-based teaching practices, such as positioning students as mathematically competent. The 10 PL sessions will...
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...
This $298,906 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) will fund a three-year exploratory study on children's multiplicative reasoning strategies for multi-digit multiplication and division problems. The key activities and expected products include: Examining and documenting the range of strategies used by 4th-6th grade students to solve multi-digit multiplication and division tasks. This...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,595,043 to Utah State University (USU) to develop teacher leaders with expertise in data science and mathematical modeling. The project aims to serve the national need of enhancing secondary mathematics teachers' skills in these areas, particularly in rural and Native American communities in Utah. The key objectives are to: 1) develop 24 master teacher fellows with...
This Project Grant award of $141,016 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to address critical teacher shortages in STEM subjects for rural and high-need school districts in Idaho and the Intermountain-West region. The primary products and services to be delivered include: Recruiting and preparing 26 highly qualified STEM teachers through a four-phase program at Idaho State University (ISU). The project will support Noyce Scholars with master's...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research to investigate how to meaningfully incorporate playful elements into the teaching of foundational secondary and undergraduate mathematics topics, such as algebra and calculus. The $341,104 award to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, will examine the potential learning and enjoyment benefits for students when...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,535,959 to Texas A&M University to develop and research an innovative model for rural science teacher professional development using technology-mediated lesson study. The project will host summer workshops for 88 rural high school biology and chemistry teachers in Utah to learn about 3D science teaching and collaborate to co-design lesson plans. The...