This $484,615 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a 4-year study by Northern Arizona University (NAU) to examine the characteristics and impacts of culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy (CRESP) in undergraduate STEM courses.
The project aims to establish best practices for CRESP in the classroom and assess its effects on student outcomes, including identity development, cultural competence, and critical consciousness. It will evaluate both CRESP-based and comparison courses to determine instructional and curricular approaches that foster student learning and engagement, particularly for Hispanic and other underrepresented groups in STEM. The findings will provide a framework to make STEM education more relevant and accessible for a diverse range of undergraduate students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions and other postsecondary institutions.
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