The National Science Foundation awarded a $194,616 Project Grant to the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. through the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The goal of this 4-year project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CUELEARN: ENHANCING SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH INTELLIGENT SUPPORT", is to develop an educational web application called "CUELEARN" that will foster effective peer collaborations to...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) provides $299,623 to the University of Florida (UF) and its subgrantee, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), to develop a machine learning-powered tool called MathCollaborate. This tool aims to support mathematics teachers in orchestrating productive collaborative learning activities for their students. The...
This $165,426 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "CUE-T: Theory-ABCs: Transforming Online Theory Instruction While Building Ability, Belonging, and Confidence" conducted by the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, and Utah State University. The project aims to develop innovative online...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $578,047 to George Mason University to develop a virtual classroom platform that supports collaborative learning of mathematical modeling for middle-school students. The project aims to increase opportunities for students from under-resourced communities to receive effective mathematics education, supporting more equitable learning. Key features of the platform include...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $481,384 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to enhance the Peer+ tool, which supports peer instruction techniques in STEM courses. The project aims to evaluate the effects of three different peer discussion modes - text-chat during lectures, pseudo text-chat after lectures, and traditional in-person peer discussions - on learning outcomes and student satisfaction across...
This $600,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support Texas State University in developing equitable group work strategies for proof-based undergraduate mathematics courses. Over a two-year period ending December 2025, the university will design and implement instructor workshops on incorporating group-worthy tasks adapted from K-12 complex instruction principles. It will also study the...
This $563,115 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to advance the use of computer adaptive testing and assessment development for mathematics instruction. The project seeks to: (A) benchmark previously established grades 6-8 problem-solving measures; (B) develop, calibrate, and validate criterion-referenced computer adaptive testing for each measure; (C) construct student- and class-level score reports for...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $221,003 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on student interactions in small groups within belonging-oriented undergraduate mathematics classrooms that employ active learning approaches. The project aims to explore the experiences of students from non-dominant identity groups and their instructors during these group activities, analyzing their interactions,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of a virtual classroom platform that uses large language model (LLM) simulated agents to facilitate collaborative learning of mathematical modeling for middle-school students. The $321,873 project aims to increase equitable access to effective mathematics education, particularly for students from under-resourced communities, by leveraging generative AI techniques....
This $149,971 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the 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 primary awardee, the University of Massachusetts (UMass), will collaborate with Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State...