Project Grant NC16670

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences aims to establish ethical reasoning as a regular component of mathematical practice. With funding of $141,714, Ferris State University will convene instructors in Year 1 to develop learning outcomes and materials integrating ethical reasoning into foundational mathematics courses. In Years 2-3, participants will gather input from business, industry, and government...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), aims to gain deeper insights into how undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics approach and comprehend fundamental discrete mathematics concepts. The $175,000 award to the California State University Long Beach Research Foundation will span one academic year from August 2024 to July 2025. The project will utilize a novel analytical approach combining the frameworks of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $267,088 to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to conduct research and develop instructional exercises that will support the effective integration of calculus concepts in introductory calculus-based physics courses. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) research practices in introductory mathematics and physics courses...

This $230,111 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research to improve the effectiveness of calculus-based introductory physics instruction for science and engineering students. The research will investigate how students perceive and reason with the mathematics encountered in these courses, with the goal of developing and assessing research-based instructional exercises that can be incorporated into standard physics...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award provides $251,928 to the University of Chicago to conduct collaborative research on combining galaxy and cosmic microwave background surveys to obtain precise and robust constraints on cosmology - the distribution of matter throughout the universe. The research team will analyze complementary measurements of galaxy positions, gravitational lensing of galaxies, gravitational lensing...

This $281,538 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop instructional materials and methods to optimize physics quantitative literacy (PQL) development for STEM majors. The primary goals are to: 1) create an emergent model of PQL development based on student resources, and 2) develop and disseminate modular, cooperative activities and formative assessments that are grounded in the PQL development model. The award...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a $496,337 research project to assess the malleability and impact of mature number sense among 3rd through 8th grade students. The research team at the University of Notre Dame will study how students' mature number sense - their ability to make sense of numbers, notice patterns, and flexibly select problem-solving strategies - changes over the course of an academic year and...

This $522,357 National Science Foundation project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of California, Merced to simulate the life cycle of star clusters from birth to death within a cosmological galactic context from September 2021 through August 2024. Key products include data analysis and publications on identifying and characterizing spiral arms in galaxies. A $25,000 subaward to Bryn Mawr College supports coordination...

The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded Depaul University a $234,708 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funding will support Depaul University's "HIGHER-ORDER PATTERN CONTAINMENT" project, which aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of...

This $373,993 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research study on the cognitive and embodied processes involved in geometry learning. The research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will collect and analyze data on students' body movements, speech, and interactions as they play a mathematics learning game designed to encourage physical engagement. Using AI-powered...