Project Grant SUP30020GR0278

This Project Grant award 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) provides $706,666 to the University of Colorado-Denver to enhance teacher preparation and development with a focus on increasing diversity, access, and equity in the teaching profession. The university will develop targeted initiatives such as bilingual teacher preparation, diversity...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) provides $419,963 to BSCS Science Learning, a non-profit organization in Colorado Springs, CO, to explore how high school science teachers' comfort with ambiguity, called "tolerance for ambiguity" (T4A), impacts science teaching and learning. The key objectives are to: 1) examine how classroom activities unfold differently across teachers with varying T4A, 2) co-develop a professional...

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 $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of training modules in virtual reality to help teachers recognize and reduce bias in their classroom behaviors. Working with students and teachers at Cornell University and the University of North Texas as a sub-awardee, the grant recipients will prototype virtual reality environments that track teacher movements and compare actual...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate the impact of engaging teacher candidates and new teachers in video-based analysis of STEM classrooms. The goal is to build their skills in noticing inclusive approaches to STEM teaching, with the potential to improve the effectiveness and retention of STEM teachers in high-need schools. The $117,457 award supports a collaborative research project led by Kennesaw...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program, formerly known as Education and Human Resources, provides $133,617 to Temple University to address preparation gaps and promote culturally relevant teaching to support diverse groups in computing courses. The university will expand its Bridges system of learning materials to better serve underrepresented student populations in foundational data structures and algorithms courses. Key products and services include...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $637,498 supports Prairie View A&M University in building a community of racially and ethnically diverse secondary mathematics and science teachers. Funded under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program (CFDA 47.076), the five-year project beginning July 15, 2023 aims to prepare 24 underrepresented minority students as STEM teachers through a bridge-to-teaching program, learning communities using the UTeach...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $509,388 to Arizona State University to develop and study approaches for equipping 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to students with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility, accommodations, and the role of paraeducators to increase participation and learning in...

This two-year, $599,255 project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will fund research exploring career trajectories and outcomes of marginalized groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs. The principal investigators at the National Opinion Research Center will employ mixed methods to analyze survey data from current and recent doctoral students at three North Carolina institutions. The project aims to...