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STEM Center Director Awarded NSF Grant to Study Integrating Engineering Practices, Scientific Argumentation for Middle Schoolers
Nov. 16, 2016
Dr. Victor Sampson This September, UT College of Education STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson was awarded $349,815 by the National Science Foundation’s Research in the Formation of Engineers program to develop an instructional framework that integrates engineering practices along with scientific argumentation for middle school students. The…
Victor Sampson Awarded $640,163 NSF Grant to Study Integration of Chemistry Topics and Computational Thinking for Middle School Education
Nov. 11, 2016
STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson is currently the principal investigator on the research project Integration of Environmental Chemistry and Computing to Advance Evidence-based Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Computational Thinking in Middle School Students, which received a $640,163 grant from the National Science Foundation. This project explores the…
Victor Sampson Awarded $349,815 NSF Research Grant to Help Integrate Engineering Practices and Scientific Argumentation for Middle Schoolers
Nov. 11, 2016
STEM Center Director and Associate Professor Victor Sampson was awarded $349,815 by the National Science Foundation’s Research in the Formation of Engineers program to develop an instructional framework that integrates engineering practices along with scientific argumentation for middle school students. The project, titled The Development of a New Instructional Approach…
Professor Receives NSF Award to Increase Student Pursuit of STEM Careers
Oct. 24, 2016
Dr. Anthony Petrosino Imagine a classroom of middle-school or high-school students engaged in a collaborative high-tech project, like untangling the complexities of traffic-flow simulation or mapping out the potential spread of Zika. College of Education Associate Professor Anthony Petrosino is helping educators learn to teach their students to develop and…
