Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence Based Reforms
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Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence Based Reforms: The chief goal of WIDER is to transform institutions of higher education into supportive environments for STEM faculty members to substantially increase their use of evidence-based teaching and learning practices. The first recommendation in the Report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), "Engage to Excel," is to increase widespread implementation of evidence-based practices in order to increase persistence in STEM and contribute to the goal of producing 1 million additional STEM graduates. Through this process, WIDER seeks to substantially increase the scale of application of highly effective methods of STEM teaching and learning in institutions of higher education, by employing instructional materials and methods that have a convincing evidentiary basis of effectiveness. In particular WIDER seeks this transformation for high enrollment, lower division courses required for many STEM majors and taken by many other students to fulfill general education distribution requirements.Included in our broad definition of effective STEM teaching and learning are not only instructional practices in traditional learning environments, but also modern laboratory methods and field research, proven distance education methods (or hybrid designs incorporating both face-to-face and distance methods), and improved approaches to motivating student interest in STEM. In all cases, the primary goal of WIDER is to increase substantially the scale of these improvements within and across the higher education sector in order to achieve:(1) Improved student learning; (2) Increased numbers of students choosing STEM majors, particularly from demographic groups underrepresented in STEM; (3) Improved retention in the first two years of undergraduate study and to graduation of all STEM majors. Applicants may apply for WIDER grants to begin institutional planning efforts, to support implementation efforts for evidence-based teaching and learning practices, and for research on how to increase the importance placed on evidence-based practices in institutional strategic planning and faculty rewards.
Federal Grant Title: | Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence Based Reforms |
Federal Agency Name: | National Science Foundation |
Grant Categories: | Science and Technology |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | 13-552 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 47.076 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Education and Human Resources |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 03, 2013 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 03, 2013 |
Posted Date: | Apr 05, 2013 |
Creation Date: | Apr 05, 2013 |
Archive Date: | Aug 03, 2013 |
Total Program Funding: | $20,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $2,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $100,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 50 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
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