The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Tufts University. The award, titled "Facilitating Constructive Engineering Talk" (FACET), runs from September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2028.
The FACET project aims to study how 4-H educators in Nebraska use "talk moves" to facilitate engineering design activities with rural youth aged 8-12. The researchers will observe educators, interview them and the youth participants, and co-develop professional development resources on using talk moves to support youth engagement and learning in informal engineering education. The research will advance understanding of effective pedagogical approaches for increasing rural students' participation in engineering. Sub-awards are planned for Tufts University and RMC Research Corporation to contribute to the project.
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