Project Grant HAA26656519

This $595,227 National Science Foundation project grant supports the University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research to implement the PROJECT-ACE program. PROJECT-ACE aims to enhance engineering students' identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging through active learning pedagogy in six core electrical, electronic and computer engineering courses along critical paths. This supports the NSF STEM Education program's goal of improving STEM education effectiveness for all...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $708,060 will support the Mathematics Master Teacher Leadership Project from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2029. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the award will develop a cadre of 18 master's-level mathematics teachers from five high-need Central Valley school districts in California as Master Teaching Fellows. The Fellows will complete a Master of Science in Mathematics degree and participate in teaching and leadership...

This $520,281 National Science Foundation project grant supports Piedmont Virginia Community College's implementation of a mastery learning model in six core advanced manufacturing courses. The goal is to improve student learning outcomes and increase graduates for the college's Advanced Manufacturing program. Mastery learning will be applied using a flipped classroom approach with hands-on learning for advanced manufacturing technologies. Courses will be structured in modules allowing...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,072,633 to The Algebra Project, Inc. over 5 years beginning October 1, 2023. The key products and services delivered include: Developing a comprehensive, standards-aligned Algebra II curriculum based on the Algebra Project's "polynomial calculus" and "five-step curricular process" approach. This geometric introduction to differential and integral calculus does...

This $610,855 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports a comprehensive initiative titled "PROJECT ICARO (IDEOLOGY, CLARITY, AND ADAPTABILITY RESPONSIVE AND ONWARD)". The project aims to strengthen the teacher preparation pipeline at California State University, Fullerton, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, by supporting...

This federal Project Grant award of $407,507.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports Miami Dade College's "TEACH MIAMI: MDC'S GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM". The program focuses on strengthening the teacher preparation pipeline by supporting the recruitment, preparation, support, placement, and retention...

This $820,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences will support the development and enhancement of the Treasure Map, a web-based service to coordinate and visualize the search for electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events. The Treasure Map allows scientists to view localization probability contours, submit telescope observations, and track progress in searching for these counterparts. The project will...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative effort led by the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to accelerate research and education in artificial intelligence and machine learning for science. The project aims to recruit, retain, and support the careers of undergraduate physics majors who are underrepresented minorities and have low incomes. Key components include providing research...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the use of computer adaptive testing and assessment development for mathematics instruction. The $1,014,803 award to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) will: (A) Benchmark previously established problem-solving measures for grades 6-8; (B) Develop, calibrate, and validate criterion-referenced computer adaptive testing for these measures; (C)...

This $300,000 two-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to develop a "Professional Informatics" (Pro-I) system using classroom sensing technologies. The goal is to provide instructors personalized feedback on their teaching practices to help create more equitable learning experiences, especially to increase underrepresented student participation in STEM fields. The project will...