Educational Research for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Final ERSOTL Grants were awarded for the Spring of 2007. We will no longer be accepting ERSOTL grant applicaitons. Thank you for your interest and participation.

The Southeast region PRISM initiative is soliciting proposals to fund projects that systematically investigate the impact of classroom practices in the teaching and learning of science and mathematics. Projects must demonstrate potential to significantly impact P-16 teaching and learning of science and mathematics. Appropriate projects will involve evaluation of results relative to achievement outcomes of P-16 science and math students. Collaborations across colleges and between K-12 and higher education faculty are strongly encouraged and such proposals will be given priority.

Each proposal should seek to solve a problem or answer an appropriate research question. The Southeast region is especially interested in proposals that provide evidence for one or more of the following research questions:

• Do activity based teaching approaches result in greater improvements in student learning in one topic or strand as opposed to another?
• Of a variety of student centered approaches to student learning, which approach demonstrates more improvement in student performance compared to a traditional classroom environment?
• Do different student centered approaches lead to more or less improvement in student learning in math as opposed to science or vice-versa?
• What is the impact of instruction which integrates real-life applications of science and mathematics on student achievement as it relates to: motivation, retention, confidence, enthusiasm, conceptual understanding, etc.?
• To what extent does assessment of individual student learning styles & subsequent tailoring of the learning environment result in improved student performance in science and/or mathematics courses?
• To what extent does the integration of alternative assessment techniques affect student learning?
• What student characteristics are most important in predicting academic achievement in science and mathematics?
• Is there a relationship between student characteristics & most effective teaching strategies in science & mathematics?
  
  

• Post-Award Information
  • Final report form
  • Spending Directions
• Southeast PRISM Contact Information - Contact the following PRISM representative about...
  • Obtaining grant forms and information on-line, Julie Skutch, prism@mail.armstrong.edu
  • Pre or post application support for assessment, Vann Scott, scottvan@mail.armstrong.edu
  • Questions or comments about the SER PRISM website, Shannon Lilkendey, sl9030@mail.armstrong.edu
  • All other information, Sabrina Hessinger, hessinsa@mail.armstrong.edu
• Connections to all four PRISM Regions' Mini-grant information
  • List of funded Southeast PRISM Educational Research Projects
  • Projects from Atlanta Metro PRISM Region (GA State)
  • Projects from Northeast Georgia PRISM Region (UGA)
  • Projects from East Central Georgia PRISM Region (GA Southern)