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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 will support the development of an AI-enhanced platform to empower K-12 teachers with high-quality and inclusive math instruction. The project aims to tackle challenges in K-12 math education by integrating new AI models to assist teachers in generating personalized lesson materials, providing formative assessment, auto-scoring, and generating diagnostic reports...
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) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $118,525 to Looking Glass Ventures LLC to research and develop an AI-powered tool for high school math teachers to automatically generate interactive, technology-enhanced assessments. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RAPID: EMPOWERING MATH TEACHERS WITH AN AI TOOL FOR AUTO-GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED ASSESSMENTS", aims to showcase how AI and large...
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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program provides $200,000 to support a time-sensitive project that aims to empower teachers to harness the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to create interactive, personalized STEM learning resources. The project team, led by the Regents of the University of Michigan, will partner with WGBH Educational Foundation to develop a teacher-AI...
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...
This Project Grant award of $812,312 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development and research of learning trajectories (LTs) to enhance middle and high school students' understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing and pilot testing learning activities and assessments targeting challenging AI concepts based on the developed LTs Offering teacher professional...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...
This Project Grant award of $916,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research at North Carolina State University to develop a transformative technology in the form of a "smart teachable agent" that uses a dialogue-based approach to help middle school students learn robust algebra knowledge. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Development of a dialogue system that uses large language models...