This Project Grant award of $400,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve undergraduate STEM education by synthesizing and evaluating the use of active learning strategies across STEM disciplines and institution types. The two-year project, awarded to Family Health International (FHI 360), will: 1) identify and describe the full range of active learning strategies and tactics used in undergraduate STEM courses, 2) determine which...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $310,985 Project Grant under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Minnesota. The grant aims to identify classroom practices that enable a greater number of students to thrive in introductory STEM courses, with a focus on narrowing performance gaps. The project has three key objectives: 1) Develop an explanatory model of achievement gaps by measuring critical elements for closing...
This $111,682 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program was provided to the University of Central Florida to develop and evaluate the use of adaptive learning platforms (ALPs) to enhance student motivation, cognitive engagement, and achievement in STEM undergraduate courses. The project aims to compare student outcomes between blended active learning classrooms using pre-class ALP lessons versus traditional one-size-fits-all pre-class...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $280,806 will fund Vanderbilt University to deliver products and services aimed at improving equity in STEM education through 2026. Under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), which supports development and implementation of promising STEM education practices, the university will pursue three specific aims. The first is to assess impacts of incorporating Learning Assistants on sense of belonging, self-efficacy, and identity across...
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 $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of online learning modules to improve retention of STEM students at the City University of New York. Led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York in partnership with the university system, the three-year project aims to design, implement, and refine eight modules focused on building students' sense of belonging and self-regulated learning skills. The modules will be piloted in two required civil...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $398,236 to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to create a sustainable, adaptable framework for fostering critical thinking and inspiring diverse learners in STEM fields. The project aims to promote sustained interest and critical statistical thinking across undergraduate STEM education by implementing a novel two-course cross-level structure that pairs advanced...
This $398,638 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to advance undergraduate STEM education through faculty training, resources, and support for adopting evidence-based instructional strategies. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: A structured professional development program, including two Mobile Summer Institutes (MOSI) in partnership with the National Institute on Scientific...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of departmental change efforts that can transform undergraduate STEM education. The $136,024 award to National Louis University, in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, and Western Michigan University, will conduct a two-pronged project: (1) a landscape study on methods for supporting STEM departmental...