Project Grant U411C190146

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to support faculty and student learning of equity-minded and student-centered pedagogy through iterative curricular co-design. The $399,896 award to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a non-profit Hispanic-Serving Institution, will implement a professional development model that provides STEM faculty the knowledge, time, and support to design instructional innovations...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to empower middle school teachers to integrate computational thinking (CT) into their science classrooms. The $564,135 award to North Carolina State University will fund the co-design and testing of 28 new CT-integrated science activities, provide professional development on CT in science for 84 teachers, and iteratively co-design and test an AI-powered tool to support teachers in...

This $565,771 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to design effective and equitable professional learning for middle school computer science (CS) teachers. The 4-year project will be conducted by San Francisco State University, WestEd, and over 10 California school districts, and will investigate strategies to increase the retention of underrepresented group participants in middle school CS teacher preparation...

This $849,931 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research to understand how middle school teachers can effectively customize integrated science, engineering, and computational thinking curriculum materials for their classrooms. The project aims to develop a better understanding of the supports teachers need to adapt STEM+CS curricular materials to different classroom, school, and community contexts. Key research objectives...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,361 to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC to address the limited inclusion of K-8 learners with disabilities in computer science (CS) education. Through a networked improvement community research-practice partnership, the project aims to: Provide professional development to cohorts of special and general education teachers on Universal Design for Learning and...

This five-year, $1,014,803 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to advance the use of computer adaptive testing and assessment development for mathematics instruction. The key products and services delivered under this award include: Benchmarking previously established grades 6-8 problem-solving measures, developing and validating criterion-referenced computer adaptive testing for these measures, and constructing student-...

This Project Grant of $308,277 was awarded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Digital Promise Global, a non-profit organization, to develop a professional development approach using a library of vetted video cases. The goal is to build elementary teachers' capacity for inclusive computational thinking (CT) integration within their core instruction in subjects like math, science, and language arts. The project will partner with urban and rural school...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $1,009,021 to Northwestern University to develop justice-oriented STEM teachers certified to teach computer science. The project aims to recruit, prepare, and support 16 STEM majors over two cohorts to earn a Master of Science in Education (MSED) degree and a teaching certification with a computer science endorsement. In addition to financial support, participants will...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $750,000 to WestEd and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to develop and study the impact of classroom discourse routines to broaden participation and improve conceptual understanding in middle school computer science. The project will create a series of language routines that can be integrated into any middle school programming curriculum, with the goal of supporting English...