Project Grant S411C200125

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $172,236 Project Grant under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325) to the San Diego State University Research Foundation. The grant, titled "PROJECT SPLASH: SUPPORTING THE PREPARATION OF LOCAL SPECIAL EDUCATORS IN HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES", will support the development of degree...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program project grant, awarded to WestEd, seeks to understand how a large, urban school district can implement a practice-based professional learning program for middle school science teachers. The $1,495,848 award, effective September 15, 2024 through August 31, 2028, will employ performance assessments as a lever for instructional improvement by eliciting, centering, and advancing students' thinking in science...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program grant, CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, provides $1,502,771.00 to WestEd to develop a coherent asynchronous online mathematics teacher professional learning (PL) course focused on equitable instruction for middle grades. The project will refine an existing video prototype and produce a 10-session, 2.5-hour PL course that interweaves equitable mathematics teaching practices, such as positioning students as competent,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $141,743 Project Grant to the San Diego State University Research Foundation under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). The 1-year grant, titled "PROJECT OCEANSIDE: OPTIMIZING THE CAPACITY OF SPECIAL EDUCATORS FOR INCLUSION DIVERSITY, AND EQUITY", will support the development of specialized...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $657,616 project grant under its STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the project "Integrating Self-Regulated Learning into STEM Courses: Maximizing Learning Outcomes with the STSRL Framework." This 3-year effort aims to improve postsecondary students' academic success and retention in STEM disciplines by embedding effective self-regulated learning...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program award to the University of Pittsburgh will create and validate a Personalized Learning Model (PLM) for graduate STEM education. The $500,000 award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, aims to break the traditional "one-size-fits-all" approach to graduate STEM training by developing a model that addresses issues of inclusivity and removes barriers to participation by underrepresented...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources, CFDA 47.076) program for $996,169 provides funding for a research synthesis study to examine the relationships among teacher professional learning (PL) interventions, teacher knowledge and practice, and associated student outcomes in math and science education. The research team at the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) will use meta-analysis techniques to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $254,966 to the University of Pittsburgh to develop, improve, and deploy adaptive learning platform (ALP) lessons and compare them with one-size-fits-all pre-class activities delivered via a learning management system (LMS) across five engineering courses at three institutions. The project aims to examine how prior knowledge from ALP lessons impacts student cognitive and affective outcomes,...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Special Education - State Personnel Development (CFDA 84.323) program to the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI). The grant, titled "GRAD 701", aims to increase graduation rates for students with disabilities through professional development and technical assistance on implementing early warning systems and evidence-based...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) project grant award to Louisiana State University (LSU) in the amount of $138,601 aims to increase the use of project-based learning in undergraduate software engineering courses. The project will design, develop, and evaluate a reference software engineering course with a repository of 12 ready-to-use projects and associated active learning activities. These resources are intended to enable instructors to more easily...