Principal Investigators: Dr. Joseph Krajcik, Dr. Barbara Schneider, Dr. Clausell Mathis, Dr. Sheneka Williams (Michigan State Unversity)
Project Partners: Alabama A&M University, Winston-Salem University, and the STEPP Center at Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research
Funder: The Office of Elementary & Secondary Education
Award Amount: $7,722,448.00
Partnering with Alabama A&M University, Winston-Salem University, and the STEPP Center at Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research, the original Crafting Engaging Science Environments (CESE) will be adapted for cultural responsiveness with a new sample of students in rural areas in the South. Shown to be effective in Michigan and California, the revised curriculum will be tested for improved state science assessments, higher levels of engagement, and more STEM college and career ambitions in high school students, grades 9 through 12. 3840 students will be served by this work.
Crafting Engaging Science Environments, and the subsequent project materials, is one of the few interventions that uses project-based learning, is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, and has been rigorously tested and shown to be effective in a small diverse sample of students (Schneider et al, 2022).
Other studies related to the proposed project: Multiple Literacies in Project Based Learning (ML-PBL), an elementary project based learning science curriculum intervention (Krajcik et al., 2022); Crafting Engaging Science Environments in Michigan and Finland High School (Schneider et al., 2020; Schneider et al., 2022.
