The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a $3 million grant to the University of Georgia for a comprehensive research project that aims to transform STEM. More than 100 faculty members in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are collaborating on the project to improve education on campus and research universities nationwide. They will create, implement and assess active learning materials that will help students have a better understanding of STEM knowledge and skills starting in fall 2019 through 2024.
STEM education is in high demand; at UGA 22 percent of undergraduate students earned degrees in a STEM field last year. The Department and Leadership Teams for Action or DeLTA project’s purpose is to transform STEM education through the use of active learning methods in the classroom by designing educational experiences to achieve clear and measurable learning outcomes, using evidence as the decision base to include students’ conceptions, capabilities and attitudes, actively collaborate and communicate about undergraduate education, foster continuous teaching improvement and promote inclusion and diversity.
“We were in a really good position to secure this grant because of a number of things at UGA that help us leverage the funding, like the Science Learning Center and its SCALE-UP classrooms, the small class hiring initiative and the active learning initiative that’s currently underway,” said principal investigator Paula Lemons, an associate professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology who leads an interdisciplinary center on campus known as Scientists Engaged in Education Research, or SEER. “These are all investments in instruction that enable us to design and test better learning experiences for students.”
U of Virginia Earns NSF $3M Grant https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/u-virginia-grant
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