Project Grant H982301410057

This $1,957,779 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund the development and testing of a text messaging program to promote early math skills among underserved children in rural communities. The Leland Stanford Junior University will partner with pediatric clinics serving immigrant families to design and study the impact of sending caregivers weekly math-focused text messages for eight months. Text content will be informed by early...

This federal Project Grant award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGER GAMES TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO ALGEBRA", is funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The purpose of this $788,393 award to Purdue University is to design and develop educational games centered on negative number concepts to target students before they learn algebra in middle school. The goal is to increase students' motivation, understanding of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $294,542 to Finnegan The Dragon, Inc. to develop a speech-to-print preschool curriculum and mobile gaming app that targets speech and early literacy skill development. The goal is to create an instructional system that supports functional and grammatical language development in children ages 2-6,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will result in the development of a partnership among the University of San Diego, the Teaching and Learning Collaborative, and the Karen Organization of San Diego to provide informal STEM learning opportunities for the Burmese refugee community in San Diego. The $149,965 award will fund a series of collaborative activities where the partners will learn about the strengths, cultural assets,...

This $1,150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program is intended to highlight the importance of STEM education in early childhood. Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization, will develop and deliver engaging multimedia experiences and learning kits focused on encouraging young learners' interest in STEM. The project will include virtual field trips to NSF-funded laboratories to help children see...

The National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) awarded a $373,963 project grant to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop an AI-assisted adaptive learning platform for early undergraduate mathematics courses. This 3-year project, titled "Supporting Student Learning and Success in Early Undergraduate Mathematics Courses via AI-Enhanced Education," aims to expand UTSA's existing Adaptive Learning for Interdisciplinary Collaborative Environments...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $118,525 to Looking Glass Ventures LLC to research and develop an AI-powered tool for high school math teachers to automatically generate interactive, technology-enhanced assessments. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RAPID: EMPOWERING MATH TEACHERS WITH AN AI TOOL FOR AUTO-GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED ASSESSMENTS", aims to showcase how AI and large...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award of $1,549,821 to the University of Delaware will develop and test the "Orienting Positive Emotions in New Educators for Mathematics (OPEN for Math)" professional learning program. The program aims to help beginning elementary teachers create equitable and positive mathematics classroom environments by supporting their ability to leverage the emotions they and their students experience when...

This five-year $815,789 CAREER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will investigate the design of an after-school mathematics program to expand conceptions of mathematics for both elementary students and their teachers. The project, conducted by Northwestern University, seeks to create a community of practice that encourages students to view mathematics as creative and engaging, while also helping teachers develop their capacity to recognize...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $578,047 to George Mason University to develop a virtual classroom platform that supports collaborative learning of mathematical modeling for middle-school students. The project aims to increase opportunities for students from under-resourced communities to receive effective mathematics education, supporting more equitable learning. Key features of the platform include...