This $300,841 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Carnegie Mellon University to develop and research an artificial intelligence (AI) across the curriculum program for high school students. Over three years, the university team will create introductory and advanced AI modules for mathematics, English language arts, and history. They will also design $60k in professional development for 12 teachers to implement the modules across...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $200,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop adaptable, game-based interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals of the project are to: Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve learner engagement. Provide a deeper understanding of the design, development, and deployment of these learning environments,...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $847,832 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Under the three-year award beginning October 1, 2021, Carnegie Mellon University will develop...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program (CFDA 47.076), supports a collaborative research effort to develop learner-co-created social robots for helping girls from underrepresented backgrounds develop AI and computing skills. The $843,071 grant awarded to Carnegie Mellon University will fund three design iterations and program deployments with a total of 140 middle school girls, in partnership with two...
This $300,000 two-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to develop a "Professional Informatics" (Pro-I) system using classroom sensing technologies. The goal is to provide instructors personalized feedback on their teaching practices to help create more equitable learning experiences, especially to increase underrepresented student participation in STEM fields. The project will...
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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Northern Illinois University a $642,621 project grant to support the development of mixed reality technology to advance early learning of computational thinking skills. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) and will support work through August 31, 2024. The NSF's STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the nation's...
This $280,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project team, led by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State University, will create...
This three-year, $516,058 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum modules integrated across high school core subjects and a professional development program for teachers. Led by the Concord Consortium, the project team which includes Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University, will create a two-hour introductory AI module and three five-hour...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,300,000 to the University of Virginia to develop low-cost, adaptable physical computing tools such as robots to provide equitable opportunities for elementary and middle school students to learn computer science (CS) skills and concepts. The project aims to investigate how these educational robots can help students develop CS understanding and executive functioning skills, while...
The National Science Foundation awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $648,696 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and research "Intelligent Science Stations" - a new genre of interactive, mixed-reality science learning experiences for students in grades K-4. The project aims to create four Intelligent Science Stations that incorporate scientific apparatuses like earthquake tables and balance scales, with an intelligent AI agent that provides personalized, interactive feedback to guide students through scientific inquiry and exploration. Through this innovative approach, the project seeks to enhance inquiry-based STEM learning and engagement, while also providing teachers with resources and professional development to better integrate these experiences into their classrooms. The research and evaluation components will investigate effective ways to engage students from diverse backgrounds in sustained scientific inquiry and engineering design activities. The project expects to reach an estimated 3,000 students per school year over a 3-year period through implementation in multiple diverse school settings.