Project Grant 2611861
- This National Science Foundation award under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program will support the development of open-response assessment items to evaluate undergraduate student engagement in mathematical sensemaking across biology, chemistry, and physics disciplines. With total funding of $699,918 over a four-year period from March 2023 through February 2027, Michigan State University will pursue two aims. The first aim is to apply an...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Michigan State University a $372,888 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the collaborative research project "Integrating Perspective-Taking and Systems Thinking for Complex Problem-Solving" from October 15, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The STEM Education program aims to ensure the vitality of the Nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics education...
- 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...
- This $399,186 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to establish best practices for blended online and face-to-face learning in undergraduate STEM courses. The project at Michigan State University will isolate the design features of blended courses that impact student learning outcomes, particularly for historically marginalized groups. Key focus areas include evaluating the effects of geographical flexibility,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Michigan State University $182,000 on August 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and analyze an interactive online professional development system for teachers learning proportional reasoning. The project will investigate how teachers acquire content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge as they engage with an online PD system. Using machine learning and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Middle Tennessee State University a $154,929 Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop open-response assessments to evaluate undergraduate student engagement in mathematical sensemaking across biology, chemistry, and physics disciplines. The University will apply an evidence-centered design process over the four-year period from March 2023 to February 2027 to construct open-ended...
- The University of Michigan will receive $465,425 over two years from the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to build a learning model of youths' community-based critical data practices. The project aims to develop an understanding of how young people engage with and critically analyze data in community settings. It will examine youth participation in data-focused community programs and organizations in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Insights from the research...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Michigan Technological University $749,672 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and study a curriculum in data visualization and data-based narrative design. The project will design a course on data visualization for students from varied backgrounds, including data science and other majors, with minimal coding requirements. The curriculum integrates communication, visual design,...
- This $399,432 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award to Michigan State University (MSU) aims to support undergraduate students in learning to construct mechanistic explanations and models to understand how and why phenomena occur. The project will design tasks to elicit such explanations from students, and implement generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to provide feedback and support student knowledge construction, particularly in large...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded Arizona State University $395,630 on October 1, 2026, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and validate an open-source, artificial-intelligence-powered platform that generates custom illustrative figures during live engineering instruction. The platform automates a five-step workflow: transcribing spoken student questions on the instructor's computer, analyzing the concept using large language...
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 drawings function as effective alternatives to traditional scale-based assessment methods. The work addresses gaps in undergraduate learning assessment by generating evidence and guidance for educators and researchers on using visual representations to measure student understanding and identify learning barriers. Performance runs through September 30, 2029, at Michigan State University's East Lansing, Michigan campus. The project is a Level 1 Engaged Student Learning initiative designed to contribute to exemplary undergraduate science education by establishing drawings as a usable, regular practice for classroom and research assessment in STEM contexts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $398.3k | 7/29/26 |