From the Office of Research and Graduate Education: Congratulations to Xiaoming Zhai and Logan Fiorella
AI-Based Assessment in STEM Education Conference
- PIs: Xiaoming Zhai, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education; Joseph Krajcik, CREATE for STEM Institute director and professor, Michigan State University
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation Conference Grant DRK-12 Program
- Amount: $49,995
Congratulations to assistant professor Xiaoming Zhai for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation Conference Grant DRK-12 Program.
Performance-based constructed-response items often prohibit timely feedback and hinders science teachers from using these assessments. However, artificial intelligence demonstrates great potential to meet this challenge. To discuss this practice further, experts in assessment, AI, and science education will gather for a two-day conference at the University of Georgia to generate knowledge of integrating AI in science assessment.
Advancing the Cognitive Science of Instruction: Testing the Role of Pedagogical Sequences, Scaffolding, and Prior Knowledge
- PI: Logan Fiorella, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
- Amount: $681,542
Congratulations to associate professor Logan Fiorella for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation.
This project seeks to serve the national interest by identifying effective instructional methods to support student understanding of core science concepts. It will study learning in the biological sciences among introductory and advanced undergraduates as science educators and policymakers aim to facilitate students’ development of deep conceptual understanding and the ability to solve novel problems in the classroom and the real world.