This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $430,572 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to characterize and foster playful mathematics for undergraduate and high school learning. The project will investigate how to meaningfully incorporate playful elements into the foundational secondary and undergraduate mathematics topics of algebra and calculus, and examine the potential learning and...
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 $149,992 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports the development of adaptable, game-based, interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals are to: 1) Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve engagement; 2) Assess the effectiveness of these learning environments for diverse learner groups in online and in-person...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $603,043 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the University of Illinois for the "Math Partners: Collaborations to Support Early Math Learning" project. The project aims to help teachers and families build strong partnerships to support early math learning for young children. The grant will fund teacher professional development, classroom design teams, and family engagement practices focused on centering...
The University of Illinois received a $674,248 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to conduct research examining elementary mathematics teachers' behaviors and learning with an online professional development platform. The three-year award, issued on August 1, 2023 and set to be completed by July 31, 2026, will support the investigation of how elementary school teachers participate in and perceive their learning from an online platform...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $842,811 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Texas A&M University to create and study an "Equitable and Interactive Mathematical Modeling (EIM2)" program. This four-year project aims to develop an interactive digital platform that empowers 6th and 7th grade students to engage in equitable mathematical modeling, where they can select scenarios based on their interests, experience visuals and animations,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $499,055 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year award will support the development of a mid-scale research infrastructure incubator to leverage data from digital educational games to improve STEM learning. Specifically, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will convene asynchronous discussions, in-person...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,662,312, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The goal of the project is to enhance elementary school teachers' content and pedagogical content knowledge of numbers and operations using an AI-based interactive professional development program. The program aims to create a personalized, active learning environment for teachers to improve their understanding of foundational math...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research to investigate how to meaningfully incorporate playful elements into the teaching of foundational secondary and undergraduate mathematics topics, such as algebra and calculus. The $341,104 award to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, will examine the potential learning and enjoyment benefits for students when "playifying" classroom mathematics. The research activities will produce findings on the task design, instruction, and classroom interactions that support mathematical play. This award reflects NSF's emphasis on fundamental STEM education research to generate knowledge in critical areas like STEM learning and environments. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.