Learn about the most recently awarded active external research grant awards awarded to faculty in the College of Education.

Christine Cunningham, professor of practice of education and engineering, is the Penn State lead on a three-year project led by the University of Texas at Arlington. “Building the Epistemology of Engineering for Students with Extensive Support Needs (BEES)” has been awarded $76,516 from the National Science Foundation. This design and development project will address engineering-focused behaviors and mindsets of students with extensive support needs (ESN) in grades three to five who are under-served by current practices and often not responsive to typical science instruction. The project will work closely with teachers and students to develop a framework to support teacher instruction of engineering-focused behaviors and mindsets for students with ESN. The researchers then will use this framework to design, assess and disseminate universally designed instructional materials for engineering education that extend Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) curricula for students with ESN.

Information about external grant awards is provided by the College of Education Research Office. For information about all active research projects in the college, visit https://bit.ly/3DsQblp online.