This $471,322 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.305 - Education Research, Development and Dissemination) will fund a meta-analysis of college writing interventions and their impact on writing and learning outcomes. The principal investigator is from the University of California, Irvine, and the project will involve co-investigators from Arizona State University and the University of Iowa. The goal is to identify...
This $640,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a 9-month training institute to improve the methodological skills of STEM education researchers for conducting modern meta-analyses. The institute will provide online pre-workshop activities, a 5-day in-person intensive workshop, and post-workshop support to enable participants to develop meta-analysis research projects that explore the effectiveness of STEM education...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $499,997 to conduct a meta-analysis on the relationships between teacher support, student engagement, and mathematics achievement. The principal investigator and her team at the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) will systematically review and meta-analyze existing evidence on the Instructional-Relational Model of student engagement and math achievement....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources, CFDA 47.076) program for $996,169 provides funding for a research synthesis study to examine the relationships among teacher professional learning (PL) interventions, teacher knowledge and practice, and associated student outcomes in math and science education. The research team at the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) will use meta-analysis techniques to...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $434,807 will fund the development of an innovative graduate student writing program at Auburn University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The Writing System project aims to implement a multifaceted and sustainable approach to discipline-specific writing instruction and intervention for STEM graduate students. The Writing System comprises four main components - workshops, graduate-level writing courses, peer writing groups, and an open...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded through the STEM Education (47.076) program, supports Jackson State University in implementing and studying writing-to-learn (WTL) pedagogy and cognitive/metacognitive skills development in STEM courses at their institution. The $399,982 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will explore using AI-powered automatic assessment of student writing and metacognitive prompts to evaluate learning...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $359,824 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to deliver a 9-month training institute aimed at improving the methodological skills of STEM education researchers for conducting modern meta-analyses. The institute will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to lead and conduct basic meta-analyses, as well as critically evaluate...
This $196,316 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of antiracist writing pedagogies across STEM curricula at Humboldt State University. Over the one-year period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, the University will provide professional development to approximately 112 STEM faculty on inclusive frameworks for language and writing development, antiracist writing assessment theories, and culturally sustaining...
This $887,316 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will support a study on the impact of "rough draft mathematics" teaching approaches on middle school students' engagement and motivation in learning mathematics. The University of Delaware, the prime awardee, will (1) observe teaching practices that promote rough drafting and revising in 24-32 middle school classrooms across three school districts, (2) analyze students'...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award, titled "Promoting Investigators' Capacity in STEM Education Literature Synthesis" (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education), provides $999,888 over three years from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to Terc, Inc., a non-profit organization. The project aims to train STEM education researchers, including those from underrepresented groups and minority-serving institutions, to conduct and publish rigorous qualitative meta-synthesis...
This $389,897 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund a three-year meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of writing instruction in secondary math and science classes. The project aims to: a) determine the overall impact of writing instruction on students' math/science achievement, math/science-specific writing, and general writing composition; b) identify factors that influence the effectiveness of writing instruction in these subjects; and c) evaluate the quality and bias of the existing research. The prime awardee is Boise State University, which will collaborate with the University of Oregon and Baylor College of Medicine to conduct the research synthesis. The University of Oregon will assist with literature searches, coding, and disseminating the findings, while Baylor College of Medicine will provide quantitative analysis expertise. This meta-analysis is intended to provide practical guidance for designing effective writing instruction in secondary math and science to improve student learning and achievement.