This $299,963 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of culturally and linguistically sustaining STEM pedagogies using mixed-reality simulations at the University of West Florida from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to improve undergraduate STEM education students' ability to teach in a culturally and linguistically sustaining way through online modules, focused mentor feedback, and practice teaching with virtual avatars in mixed-reality...
This NSF STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $449,555 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. is designed to develop and test a professional learning model for high school science and ESOL teachers. The goal is to help these teachers effectively support multilingual learners' engagement in scientific and engineering practices through an "Instructional Conversation Pedagogy" approach. Over the 3-year project period from August 2024 to July 2027, the...
This $399,997 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to improve the preparation of bilingual K-6 science teachers. The project, awarded to the University of Texas at Arlington, will: Restructure an existing bilingual science teaching methods course, develop online learning modules on Earth science concepts, and create a summer bilingual science teaching internship program in partnership with community science...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,202,028 to San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation to examine how bilingual teachers' dispositions to teach science and engineering to bilingual learners change as they transition from being teacher candidates to novice teachers. The project explores how a community support network and professional development can influence these new bilingual teachers' science and engineering...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $302,605 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to investigate using AI-augmented mobile augmented reality (AR) for culturally-relevant science learning simulations in precollege classrooms. The project aims to develop an AR-based system with spoken language interfaces that allows students to create and manipulate educational simulations on smartphones, focused on 9th grade...
This $850,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in developing mixed reality participatory simulations to support complex systems learning. Over three years, MIT will design two mixed reality simulations using augmented and virtual reality headsets that allow classroom groups of students to collaboratively engage with system of systems models. Each student group will take on roles like...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education Program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $250,000 to the University of Virginia aims to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based AI-powered teaching simulation tools that will improve evidence-based mathematics teaching practices. The project will create a suite of open-source simulations to support pre-service teachers in fostering rich mathematical discourse in their classrooms. It will also produce open data sets of mathematical...
This Project Grant award of $450,523 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to investigate how preparation in racial equity and language equity practices impacts the effectiveness and retention of secondary STEM teachers in high-need schools. Led by Principal Investigators at Santa Clara University, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Education Northwest, the 4-year study will track 45 STEM teachers from their preparation program through...
This $149,983 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based AI-driven classroom simulation tools that will improve evidence-based mathematics teaching practices. The project will create a suite of open-source simulations to support pre-service teachers in fostering rich mathematical discourse in their classrooms. It will also produce open data sets of mathematical dialogue and...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $725,836 to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. to support the integration of a culturally relevant digital curriculum into U.S. science dual language immersion programs. The project aims to enhance science education accessibility and representation for marginalized students, particularly Latinx youth, in STEM fields. It will involve 11 middle school...