This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) project grant award of $222,548 supports a collaborative research effort to study the embodied cognitive shifts that occur during geometry learning. The research team will collect and analyze data on students' body movements, speech, and interactions as they play a mathematics learning game designed to encourage physical exploration. Using AI-powered real-time detection, the researchers will identify...
This $373,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research study on the cognitive and embodied processes involved in geometry learning. The research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will collect and analyze data on students' body movements, speech, and interactions as they play a mathematics learning game designed to encourage physical engagement. Using AI-powered...
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 Project Grant award of $1,296,683.00 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support Southern Methodist University's research on using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to personalize mathematics instruction for 7th grade students. The project aims to explore the impacts and opportunities when using GenAI to construct personalized algebra problems that connect to students' interests in areas like sports or video games. The research will...
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 $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 $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will fund the development of an automated coaching system for teaching human motion skills. Dartmouth College, with sub-awardee Columbia University, will receive funding from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The system will use recorded expert demonstrations and sensed actions from learners to identify...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $200,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop adaptable, game-based interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals of the project are to: Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve learner engagement. Provide a deeper understanding of the design, development, and deployment of these learning environments,...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to gain deeper insights into how undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics approach and comprehend fundamental discrete mathematics concepts. The $175,000 award to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation will span one academic year from August 2024 to July 2025. The project will utilize a novel analytical approach combining the frameworks of...
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,...