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Funded Projects

Made possible by School, University, and external funding sources, we produce new knowledge and pursue research-based solutions to the most pressing problems in education.

NSF: Improving Undergrad STEM Success

Jeff Greene and Matt Bernacki

This project aims to help undergraduates who often leave STEM majors, like underrepresented groups and first-generation college students, succeed. It will use data to identify struggling students early and provide targeted support. The project combines the expertise of researchers at two universities to create effective interventions and test them in different educational settings. By focusing on active learning and self-regulation, the project hopes to improve STEM graduation rates, which are currently low, especially for these groups. The initiative will expand successful methods from previous projects to better serve these students.

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Selected Projects

  • Dong – IES: Design Parameters on Behavioral Outcomes
  • Greene & Bernacki – NSF: Improving Undergrad STEM Success
  • Hamm – NSF: Peers Engaged As Resources for Learners
  • Marraccini – AFSP: School Re-Entry Post Psychiatric Hospitalization
  • Kathryn Leech – NSF: The role of picture books in promoting parent-child scientific conversation and learning
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