Project Grant NA19NOS4290110

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $465,000 to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to develop and assess a Remote Engagement and Access to Learning (REAL) field trip model that will allow any school, regardless of location or funding, to actively participate in large-scale scientific events such as the 2024 total solar eclipse. The REAL field trip model will be tested with 6 middle schools, 3 within and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education awarded $331,926 under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) to the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University for a collaborative project titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS LABS." The project aims to develop physics lab curriculum modules and assessments targeted at improving students'...

This National Science Foundation STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award in the amount of $111,193 aims to improve teaching and learning in large introductory physics courses through the use of Learning Assistants (LAs). The project, which involves investigators at Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington Bothell, and Western Washington University, will develop a model for training LAs to effectively elicit and build on students' diverse science ideas. This approach,...

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...

This $211,477 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development and implementation of introductory geoscience lessons at Boise State University to quantify the relationship between student learning outcomes, affect, and levels of instructional reform. The grant aims to design lessons classified as teacher-centered, transitional/interactive lecture, and student-centered using the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol and Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM....

This National Science Foundation project grant of $268,072 supports the development of scientific reasoning skills assessment tools and associated curriculum for introductory physics labs at The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati. Funded under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the collaborative three-year project aims to advance scientific reasoning among undergraduate students through new online and in-person lab modules focusing on control of variables...

This $187,595 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) Project Grant award to Seattle Pacific University, in collaboration with the University of Washington Bothell and Western Washington University, aims to improve teaching and learning in large introductory physics courses through the use of Learning Assistants (LAs). The project will develop a model for training LAs to effectively elicit and build on students' diverse science ideas, promoting more active,...

This $119,548 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development and delivery of introductory geoscience lessons at the University of South Carolina aimed at quantifying the relationship between instructional reform practices, student learning, and student attitudes. Specifically, the grantee will design lessons delivered at varying levels of reformed teaching methodology as measured by the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol and Classroom Observation Protocol for...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $464,597 will fund research to characterize active learning environments in physics education and relate classroom features to student outcomes. The award was made under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the creation and implementation of promising STEM education practices. Specifically, the funding will support a collaborative research project between Drexel University and Wright...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award to Trustees of Tufts College (Tufts University) aims to develop and implement professional development for undergraduate learning assistants (LAs) to improve their facilitation of student learning in active learning STEM courses. The $344,869 award, spanning from October 2024 to September 2027, will fund the design and implementation of a new LA pedagogy course sequence based on recent research to support LAs...