Project Grant 2334767
Award Date
6/15/24
Completion Date
5/31/27
Dollars Obligated
$1M
Federal Agency
Division of Undergraduate Education
Federal Grant Program
47.076
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Similar Awards
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $295,050 Project Grant through its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Runestone Academy LTD. The funding supports the "PRETEXT-RUNESTONE: OPEN TEXTBOOKS ENGAGING UNDERGRADUATES IN STEM" project, which aims to develop and integrate interactive textbook questions into open-source PreTeXt mathematics textbooks hosted on the Runestone Academy learning platform. Over three design-based research cycles, the project will engage...
The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) was awarded a $703,950 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to improve the development of high-quality, free, online interactive mathematics textbooks for calculus and linear algebra courses. The two-year project, which began on June 15, 2024, involves collaboration between AIM, teachers, students, and researchers to create engaging interactive textbook questions that target core mathematical...
This $916,000.00 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the understanding of how students learn robust knowledge in algebra. The project will develop a transformative "teachable agent" technology that uses large language models to engage students in a constructive tutee inquiry dialogue. This dialogue system will be embedded into an existing online learning environment, allowing students to learn algebra by...
This $237,013 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a collaborative research project to improve undergraduate mathematics instruction through a values-centered collaboration between mathematics education researchers and mathematics instructors. The project aims to: 1) characterize instructors' norms and values around mathematical definitions and identify barriers/supports in communicating them to students; 2) identify...
This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to improve mathematics education for pre-service K-8 teachers at Arizona State University. The project will integrate visual computing technology and the engineering design process into an upper-division mathematics methods course, engaging approximately 180 pre-service teachers per year. Research will study the effectiveness of this interdisciplinary approach in...
This $1,783,246 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to create online curricula and conduct research to prepare future middle and high school mathematics teachers to effectively use web-based dynamic geometry technology tools to facilitate productive classroom discussions on geometric concepts. The project has three key goals: 1) develop online modules to train future teachers on using technology to lead productive...
This $258,562 project grant was awarded to Rutgers, The State University by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The project aims to improve student learning outcomes in university mathematics courses by collaboratively developing and implementing evidence-based active learning pedagogy between mathematicians and mathematics educators. The research team will study why...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $778,131 project grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Nebraska from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant will support research to evaluate how open educational resources facilitate implementation of Vision and Change core concepts and competencies across diverse higher education institutions. As the lead awardee, the University of Nebraska will collaborate with other institutions to study how open...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $333,835 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Texas State University to investigate the successful dissemination and adaptation of evidence-based mathematics instructional materials for life science students. The 3-year project aims to: (i) identify contextual factors that facilitate or impede implementation of a modeling-based math curriculum, (ii) understand how institutional conditions shape curriculum adaptation to...