Project Grant H982301410033

This $299,963 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of culturally and linguistically sustaining STEM pedagogies using mixed-reality simulations at the University of West Florida from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to improve undergraduate STEM education students' ability to teach in a culturally and linguistically sustaining way through online modules, focused mentor feedback, and practice teaching with virtual avatars in mixed-reality...

This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program aims to prepare science teachers to engage multilingual learners in scientific argumentation through mixed-reality simulations. The key goals are to identify essential elements in teacher-student interactions that help elicit student thinking to improve scientific argumentation among secondary multilingual learners, and to explore the preliminary effects, acceptability, and...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition awarded a $600,719 Project Grant under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365) to the CAL Poly Corporation, doing business as CAL Poly Partners, for the "CAL POLY BRILLANTE PROGRAM: BILINGUAL/RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND NEW TEACHERS/EDUCATORS". The award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will support the development and implementation of a...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education aims to develop and evaluate an empirically-defensible model for increasing STEM persistence and graduation rates among underrepresented students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the $500,000 award made to Our Lady of the Lake University on January 1, 2023 will support redesigning the institution's College Algebra course into three...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition awarded a $661,598 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Lowell on September 1, 2024. The grant, titled "Responsive Opportunities for Personalized Educator Systems and Supports (ROPESS): A Multi-Tiered System of Support for Bilingual Educator Development and Retention," aims to support English language learners (ELs), including immigrant children and youth, in attaining English proficiency and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $344,869 to Tufts University to develop and implement professional development for Learning Assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The key objectives are to design and implement a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research (Goal 1) and investigate how this pedagogy sequence impacts LA facilitation...

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), through its Sponsored Projects Services division, was awarded a $260,101 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program. This 2-year grant, commencing on March 1, 2024, will fund a research-practice partnership to explore new computational literacies for emergent bilingual learners. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Developing computer science...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program provides $200,000 to support a time-sensitive project that aims to empower teachers to harness the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to create interactive, personalized STEM learning resources. The project team, led by the Regents of the University of Michigan, will partner with WGBH Educational Foundation to develop a teacher-AI...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $449,555 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to develop and test a professional learning model for high school science and ESOL teachers. The model aims to support multilingual learners' engagement in science and engineering practices through the Instructional Conversation pedagogy. Key products to be delivered include co-developed instructional materials,...

The Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition awarded a $670,397 Project Grant under the English Language Acquisition State Grants program (CFDA 84.365) to Dual Language Education of New Mexico. The grant, titled "PROJECT SEMBRAR: SUSTAINING EQUITY THROUGH MENTORSHIP, BILINGUAL TEACHER RECRUITMENT, ALLIANCES, AND RETENTION," will support efforts to improve language instruction, academic achievement, and educational outcomes for English language learners (ELs)...