Project Grant 2518612
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to enhance critical thinking and independent learning among undergraduate students through the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in computer science classes. The project will implement and evaluate the Socratic Metacognitive Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE), a framework that combines structured Socratic questioning with metacognitive reflection to help students...
- This Project Grant award of $385,877 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the development of a simulated classroom environment that allows elementary school teachers to practice facilitating student discussions with AI-driven avatars. The goal is to provide teachers with low-cost, low-stakes opportunities to improve their discussion facilitation skills, which are critical for fostering students' argumentation and critical thinking abilities. The...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to create dynamic research experiences for undergraduate students in artificial intelligence (AI) with applications in computer science education. The $400,000 award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, will provide hands-on research opportunities for students to develop AI-based educational resources for computer science education settings. Participant pairs will be...
- This three-year, $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research into how college students in STEM disciplines use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for academic help-seeking. Through surveys, interviews, and case studies, the project will generate empirical data to understand how students use AI tools, the challenges they face, and the guidance or support...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the development of "META-PARTNER", an adaptive AI-assisted self-regulated learning (SRL) solution. The $161,369 award to Lehigh University will integrate this AI-driven technology into the existing "AIResolver" online platform to enhance students' problem-solving skills and self-regulation abilities for computing and AI education....
- This $1.7 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development of a novel AI-powered student support system to improve metacognitive calibration skills at the University of Illinois from August 2022 to July 2025. The project aims to research methods for enhancing students' ability to accurately estimate their own level of knowledge using short, personalized training exercises delivered through a decentralized AI framework....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to Northeastern University. The grant, awarded on November 1, 2024, supports the development of an "AI-Empowered Reflective Learning" tool that aims to deepen and accelerate learning through the use of AI-supported prompts and feedback across different interaction contexts, including digital learning environments, virtual reality simulations, and augmented reality...
- This Project Grant award of $174,979 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support San Jose State University in exploring how to improve computer programming education for introductory Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) topics. The project aims to investigate the challenges students face when transferring conceptual knowledge from imperative, rule-based programming to the more data-driven AI/ML...
- This $1,495,569 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a project by Trustees of Boston College to advance computational thinking and microelectronics education through the use of generative AI within an engineering design framework. The project aims to investigate how recent advances in AI can support the development of computational thinking skills in a biology curriculum, where students will design and program a...
- This Project Grant award of $430,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education (CFDA 47.076 STEM Education) aims to develop artificial intelligence (AI) literacy among undergraduate engineering and technology students at George Mason University (GMU) and Youngstown State University. The project will create and implement six case studies focused on familiar AI applications such as career preparation, campus sustainability, autonomous vehicles, and mental health...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides funding of $164,178 to Farmingdale State College to implement and evaluate the Socratic Metacognitive Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE), an innovative framework that aims to strengthen critical thinking and independent learning among undergraduate computer science students through the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI). The project will investigate the impact of unguided AI use on student critical thinking and compare it to the SMILE-guided approach, which combines structured Socratic questioning with metacognitive reflection. The research will use a mixed-methods design, including interviews and structured observational studies, to examine the SMILE framework's effectiveness in promoting critical thinking and long-term metacognitive development in computer science. Expected outcomes include validated rubrics, instructional exercises, and evidence-based guidelines for integrating AI into computing education.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $164.2k | 8/21/25 |