NSF Award Abstract -
#0502174| NSF Award Abstract -
#0502174 |
| NSF Org | EEC |
| Intial Amendment Date | June 14, 2005 |
| Latest Amendment Date | June 14, 2005 |
| Award Number | 0502174 |
| Award Instrument | Continuing grant |
| Program Manager | Mary Poats EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers ENG Directorate for Engineering |
| Start Date | June 15, 2005 |
| Expires | May 31, 2007 (Estimated) |
| Awarded Amount to Date | $255340 |
| Investigator(s) | Alexander Flueck flueck@ece.iit.edu(Principal Investigator) Vivian Weil (Co-Principal Investigator) Ali Cinar (Co-Principal Investigator) Norman Lederman (Co-Principal Investigator) Cynthia Hood (Co-Principal Investigator) |
| Sponsor | Illinois Institute of Technology 3300 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL 60616 312/567-3035 |
| NSF Program(s) | HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT |
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This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) entitled, "IIT RET Site: Corps of Educators and Workshop," under the direction of Dr. Alexander J. Flueck. This program will provide an in-depth hands-on research experience for 8 K-14 teachers per year for three years, called the Corps of Educators, during a 7-week period in the summers of 2005-2007. The Corps teachers will be responsibile for developing educational modules that illustrate math and science concepts that already exist in K-14 curricula. Modules may include analysis of data from scientific experiments or design of components/systems to meet certain specifications. The modules will also stress the doing of scientific inquiry and innovation, as well as the understanding of inquiry and innovation.