Project Grant 2539391
- The National Science Foundation awarded Michigan Technological University a $616,008 Project Grant under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an automated coding feedback system called WEBTA. The system aims to provide rich, immediate feedback to students in introductory programming courses on common errors or "antipatterns" to significantly improve learning outcomes and coding skills. With rapidly increasing class sizes and instructor shortages, manually...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded $172,809 to the Regents of the University of Michigan on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop and evaluate tutoring-based models for teaching generative AI coding skills to non-computing majors across three institutions of higher education. The project implements three distinct approaches for providing campus-wide support to help...
- The National Science Foundation's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $237,500 on September 1, 2026, through the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to develop and evaluate an AI-powered learning support system that augments student self-regulated learning through human-AI co-regulation. The project develops artificial intelligence models that track student mastery of course concepts and generate personalized...
- This $149,971 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The primary awardee, the University of Massachusetts (UMass), will collaborate with Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Massachusetts, and North Carolina State...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $113,008 to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year project extending through September 30, 2028. This NSF IUSE:EDU (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) Level 1 project delivers design principles and an artificial intelligence-powered educational tool to support personalized learning in STEM...
- This three-year, $349,987 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports the University of Houston to understand and mitigate the impacts of code intelligence systems in introductory programming courses. The university will develop infrastructure for students to use intelligent code generation tools in a web development environment. It will then conduct pilot experiments examining effects on student tinkering behaviors and self-efficacy. An...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded $231,152 to the Institute For Advancing Computing Education on October 1, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop curricular materials supporting artificial intelligence pair programming (AIPP) in high school computer science courses. The project creates curriculum-agnostic instructional materials that overlay existing high school CS curricula to guide students in...
- This $249,960 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development and evaluation of a Comprehensive Personalized Programming Practice Environment (C-3PE) that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance computer science education. The project, led by North Carolina State University in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Massachusetts, aims to provide...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Michigan State University $398,264 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to validate drawing-analysis methods for assessing student learning in undergraduate STEM courses. The project will evaluate the validity and reliability of five drawing assessment approaches—rubric scoring, semiotic analysis, manual grouping, factor analysis, and artificial intelligence analysis—to establish whether...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education awarded Drexel University $249,979 on September 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to prepare undergraduate computing students to use artificial intelligence coding tools responsibly and securely in software development. The project will develop a threat modeling framework for AI-assisted coding workflows and create at least eight hands-on laboratory modules using realistic software development scenarios....
The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Michigan Technological University $599,238 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop an adaptive, scalable AI-enhanced code critique system for identifying coding antipatterns across the undergraduate computing curriculum. The project, designated as a Level 2 Engaged Student Learning initiative, runs through September 30, 2029, with performance at Houghton, Michigan. The system will deliver contextualized, timely feedback on student code to promote genuine coding proficiency and counter student reliance on AI-generated solutions. The project addresses three research questions: the effectiveness of AI-enhanced code critiquing in identifying antipatterns and defects; how the system's performance and behavior adjust to different educational contexts; and the impact of AI-driven code critiques on student learning outcomes and behaviors. Effectiveness will be assessed using precision and recall metrics on antipattern detection, while learning impact will employ pre- and post-surveys, analysis of student code and system interactions, and qualitative feedback. Upon completion, the developed infrastructure and comprehensive deployment guides will be made available to facilitate adoption across diverse educational contexts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $599.2k | 8/11/26 |