Project Grant 7200AA21FA00002

The Urban Arts Partnership received a $4.42 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on December 15, 2021. The funding supports the GAME ON: TEACHING THE AP CSP THROUGH GAME DESIGN project under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411). The project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through game design. Specifically, the Urban Arts Partnership will create, develop,...

This $289,614 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports the design and development of educational games targeting negative number concepts for elementary students in grades 2-4. The collaborative research project, awarded to Illinois State University with a performance period from September 1, 2025 through February 28, 2029, will produce iteratively...

This federal Project Grant award of $860,227, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to improve numeracy knowledge in primary school students by leveraging numerical patterns in a modified board game. The project will explore the use of a modified 0-100 number board game with a spatial layout that highlights numeric patterns, compared to a standard board layout. This study will evaluate the impact of this patterning support on students'...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) is supporting the early establishment of a Research Practice Partnership (RPP) focused on designing, developing, and piloting instructional materials that integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into PreK-8 classrooms. The $288,749 award to Katabasis, Inc., a non-profit organization, is funding the development of a game-based learning platform called "AgriCoding"...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $809,155 project grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop a game-based learning environment and conduct research and evaluation from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to improve probability education for high school students by designing artificial intelligence problem-solving activities within a game. Students will learn probability concepts while exploring AI algorithms...

This $149,992 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports the development of adaptable, game-based, interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals are to: 1) Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve engagement; 2) Assess the effectiveness of these learning environments for diverse learner groups in online and in-person...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,300,000 to the University of Virginia to develop low-cost, adaptable physical computing tools such as robots to provide equitable opportunities for elementary and middle school students to learn computer science (CS) skills and concepts. The project aims to investigate how these educational robots can help students develop CS understanding and executive functioning skills, while...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program provides $1,197,134 to the University of Massachusetts for a research-practice partnership studying the impacts of and impediments to diffusing an equity-centered computer science curriculum across 32 elementary schools in the Springfield Public School District through 2025. The University will partner with Springfield Public Schools to employ a teacher-co-designed curriculum integrating computer science...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $200,000 to Carnegie Mellon University to develop adaptable, game-based interactive learning environments for STEM education. The primary goals of the project are to: Automate the customization and adaptation of 3D simulated game-based learning environments to improve learner engagement. Provide a deeper understanding of the design, development, and deployment of these learning environments,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $4,444,433 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to Urban Arts Partnership, a non-profit organization, to deliver the "CREATIVE CODERS: MIDDLE SCHOOL CS PATHWAYS THROUGH GAME DESIGN" project. This grant will fund the development and implementation of innovative game design curricula and programs to enhance computer science education for underserved...