This $349,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a research project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to investigate how to design and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to support equitable K-12 science education. The project plans to explore the use of multimodal AI to provide automated feedback for formative science assessments, with the goal of generating design principles to develop...
This $1.7 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of a novel AI-powered student support system to improve metacognitive calibration skills at the University of Illinois from August 2022 to July 2025. The project aims to research methods for enhancing students' ability to accurately estimate their own level of knowledge using short, personalized training exercises delivered through a decentralized AI framework....
This Project Grant award of $298,375.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to design and implement an artificial intelligence (AI)-augmented formative assessment and feedback system. The system will support the development of STEM text summarization and problem-solving skills among students in large, introductory undergraduate physics courses at an urban university serving diverse and underrepresented student...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $599,891 project grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program to develop artificial intelligence interventions for improving student performance in college STEM courses. The three-year award, issued on June 1, 2022 and set to conclude on May 31, 2025, will fund the creation of an AI system to deliver individualized just-in-time interventions tailored to enhance...
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...
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 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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, aims to integrate accessible, hands-on artificial intelligence (AI) learning activities into existing computer science (CS) courses. The project seeks to demystify AI for undergraduates by presenting algorithms and models in an engaging manner, with the goal of promoting deeper understanding,...
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 $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports Purdue University in developing an interactive virtual environment for artificial intelligence education. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the two-year project aims to create a real-time visualization tool to promote conceptual and procedural understanding of AI among 250 learners. Either immersive using VR headsets or on conventional displays, the tool will focus on foundational AI topics. Iterative...