Jan Plass
Associated IES Content
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics FY2021-FY2024
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Reviewers FY2021-FY2024
Basic Processes FY2024
Basic Processes Reviewers FY2024
Grant
Exploring the Affordances of Immersive Virtual Reality for Learning
The purpose of this project is to systematically investigate how specific features of immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be used to improve student outcomes in science learning. In particular, the researchers will examine the effectiveness of visual and auditory IVR design features in enhancing learners' affective state and cognitive processing for learners in general and for specific subgroups of learners. IVR has the potential to cause a feeling of presence, emotional arousal, and situati...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A230403
FY2022
FY2022 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) Peer Review Panel
FY2022
FY2022 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2021
FY2021 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2021
FY2021 Basic Processes Peer Review Panel
FY2020
FY2020 Basic Processes Peer Review Panel
FY2020
FY2020 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2022
Basic Processes FY2020 - FY2022 Peer review panel
FY2019
FY2019 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) Peer Review Panel
FY2018
FY2018 Basic Processes Peer Review Panel
FY2017
FY2017 Basic Processes Peer Review Panel
Grant
Focused Computer Games that Promote Specific Cognitive Skills
The research team will develop and pilot test game-based interventions for students in middle school through early college that are intended to improve the executive function (EF) skills that are needed to enter rigorous academic disciplines. EF predicts success in many academic disciplines, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); however, explicit instruction in EF is rarely part of formal or informal education. The specific project goals are: (1) to design and d...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A150417
FY2011 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2011 IES Research Peer Review Panel
FY2010 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2010 IES Research Peer Review Panel
Grant
Molecules & Minds: Developing Bridging Scaffolds to Improve Chemistry Learning
In high school chemistry classes, the ability to visualize dynamic sub-microscopic particles (atoms and molecules) is especially important because the behavior of such particles is used to explain macroscopic phenomena (e.g., ice melting). Under a previous IES Goal 2 Development grant (R305K050140), the researchers developed six simulations in four high school chemistry topics: kinetic molecular theory, diffusion, the behavior of ideal gases, and phase change. In the process of designing, de...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A090203
FY2009 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2009 IES Research Peer Review Panel
FY2008 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2008 IES Research Peer Review Panel
Grant
Molecules and Minds: Optimizing Simulations for Chemistry Education
In the early 2000s, evidence suggested that U.S. students lagged behind their international counterparts with regard to their science skills. To address this, the researchers developed a set of computer simulations and data showing whether or not using these simulation modules had the potential to facilitate learning chemistry concepts. They also proposed to combine a subset of these simulations to form a complete curriculum for a grade 9 chemistry course.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305K050140
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