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GrantsAwarded and ActiveNational Science Foundation (NSF), EHR Core Research (ECR). PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Jessica Hammer (Carnegie Mellon University), J. Elizabeth Richey, (University of Pittsburgh), Ryan Baker (University of Pennsylvania), Nicole Else-Quest (University of North Carolina), Jon Star (Harvard University), “Collaborative Research: Investigating Gender Differences in Digital Learning Games with Educational Data Mining,” (CMU Portion: $1,050,243) Period: 07/01/22 to 06/30/25. (See the NSF Award Announcement; Read CMU article about this grant) National Science Foundation (NSF), BCS - Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence. PI: Ido Davidesco (Formerly University of Connecticut, Now Boston College); Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren (Carnegie Mellon University), J. Elizabeth Richey (University of Pittsburgh), “NSF-BSF: Utilizing Neurophysiological Measures to Better Understand and Improve Engagement and Learning with Intelligent Tutoring Systems,” (CMU Portion: $368,873) Period: 07/01/22 to 06/30/25. (See the NSF Award Announcement) National Science Foundation (NSF), Future of Work. PI: Lee Branstetter; Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Carolyn Rose, Majd Sakr (Carnegie Mellon University), Michael Rinsem (Community College of Allegheny County), “A New Bridge to the Digital Economy: Integrated AI-Augmented Learning and Collaboration,” (McLearn Lab Portion: $560,439.93) Period: 09/01/22 to 08/31/25. (See the NSF Award Announcement; Read CMU article about this grant) Richard King Mellon Foundation, Science and Technology Talent Development Program. PI: Lee Branstetter (CMU); Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren (CMU), Carolyn Rose (CMU), Lauren Herckis (CMU), Majd Sakr (CMU), Michael Rinsem (CCAC), "Bridges to Digital Economy Jobs," (Total budget $350,000; McLearn Lab current allocation: $29,124), Period: 11/1/23 to 3/31/25 PendingU.S. Department of Education (IES). PI: Bruce M. McLaren (Carnegie Mellon University), PI: Ryan Baker (University of Pennsylvania),Co-PI: Maciej Pankiewicz (University of Pennsylvania), “Using an LLM to Provide Better Cognitive and Metacognitive Hints in a Digital Learning Game,” ($2,000,000). Submitted September 12, 2024. Proposed Period: 01/01/25 to 12/31/28. National Science Foundation (NSF), EHR Core Research (ECR). PI: Ivon Arroyo (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), PI: Bruce M. McLaren (Carnegie Mellon University), “Collaborative Research: Learning with an Embodied Digital Game: Does it Promote More Learning than a Computer-Based Game?,” (CMU Portion: $710,000). Submitted October 3, 2024. Proposed Period: 05/01/25 to 11/30/28. National Science Foundation (NSF), RITEL. PI: Jaromir Savelka (Carnegie Mellon University), Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Christopher Bogart, Mahboobeh Mehrvarz (Carnegie Mellon University); “Bridging Assistance Levels with Cognitive Tutors and Large Language Models (BALANCE),” ($899,469). Submitted November 5, 2024. Proposed Period: 06/01/25 to 05/31/28. National Science Foundation (NSF), Racial Equity in STEM Education. PI: Bruce M. McLaren (Carnegie Mellon University), Co-PIs: Leshell Hatley (Uplift Inc.); Jessica Hammer (Carnegie Mellon University); Brad W. Mott, James C. Lester, Jessica L. Vandenberg (North Carolina State University), Rita Fennelly-Atkinson, Amanda L. Armstrong (Digital Promise); “Collaborative Research: Creating Equitable Digital Learning Games for Middle School STEM Topics - Supporting Engagement and Learning for Black Youth,” (CMU Portion: $2,855,241). Submitted November 8, 2024. Proposed Period: 06/01/25 to 05/31/29. Awarded and CompletedSimon Initiative Grant (Internal CMU), PI: Huy Nguyen, Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “Examining the Effect of Gender and Game Narrative on Learning and Enjoyment from Digital Learning Games” ($15,000) Period: 07/01/23 to 06/30/24. National Science Foundation (NSF), EHR Core Research (ECR). PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Ryan Baker (University of Pennsylvania), Jon Star (Harvard University), “Collaborative Research: Using Educational Data Mining Techniques to Uncover How and Why Students Learn from Erroneous Examples,” (CMU Portion: $914,042) Period: 06/01/17 to 12/31/22. (See the NSF Award Announcement; Read the CMU HCII article about this grant) U.S. Department of Education (IES). PI: Vincent Aleven, Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Steve Ritter (Carnegie Learning, Inc.), “Enhancing Student Learning with an Orchestration Tool for Personalized Teacher-Student Interactions in Classrooms Using Intelligent Tutoring Software,” ($1,399,754). Period: 07/01/18 to 06/30/22. National Science Foundation (NSF), REAL Program, PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PIs: Aaron Mitchell, John Stamper, “Knowing What Students Know: Using Educational Data Mining to Predict Robust STEM Learning,” ($1,487,345). Period: 09/01/14 to 08/31/19. (See the NSF Award Announcement) National Science Foundation (NSF), Cyberlearning Program, PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “Support for Doctoral Students to Attend the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2019),” ($20,000). Period: June 2019. Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI), Internal CMU Funding from the Mellon Foundation. PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PI: Sandra DeVincent Wolf, “Generalizing the Framework for the AM Training Tutor to Support Training across Additive Manufacturing Machines,” ($71,346). Period: 09/01/19 to 11/30/20. Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI), Internal CMU Funding from the Mellon Foundation. PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PI: Matthew Travers, “Training for Mass Production: A Blueprint Project in the Food Industry,” ($66,087) Period: 09/01/18 to 11/30/19. Simon Initiative, ProSEED. PI: Lauren Herckis, Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “Deploying Educational Technology with Fidelity: Capitalizing on Research from Biomedicine,” ($15,000) Period: 07/01/18 to 06/30/20. Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI), Internal CMU Funding from the Mellon Foundation. PI: Sandra DeVincent Wolf, Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “Training in Additive Manufacturing Using Entertainment and Tutoring Technologies,” ($59,483) Period: 09/01/18 to 08/31/19. National Science Foundation (NSF), Cyberlearning, PI: Vincent Aleven, Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “EXP: Helping Teachers Help their Students: Teachers’ Use of Intelligent Tutoring Software Analytics to Improve Student Learning,” ($549,575) Period: 09/01/15 to 08/31/18. (See the NSF Award Announcement) U.S. Department of Education (IES), PI: Sandra Katz, Co-PIs: Pamela Jordan, Patricia Albacete, Bruce M. McLaren, “Linking Dialogue and Student Modeling to Create an Enhanced Micro-Adaptive Tutoring System,” (Subcontract: $571,470). Period: 09/01/15 to 08/31/18. (See the Department of Education (IES) Announcement) National Science Foundation (NSF), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “LOGIC: Linkage Objects for Generalized Instruction in Coding,” ($77,940) Subaward from Tutorgen, Inc. Period: 01/01/15 to 6/30/16 (with no-cost extension). ProSEED, Simon Seed Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PI: Mara Harrell, “Can Collaborative Argument Diagramming Improve Students’ Understanding of Argumentation and Ability to Argue?” ($20,000). Period: 07/01/14 to 08/31/16. Singapore Management University, PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PI: Ken Koedinger “Intelligent Tutoring for Business Modelling Spreadsheets,” ($120,000). Period: 01/01/14 to 06/30/15. National Science Foundation (NSF), Transforming STEM Learning (TSL), Award No: DRL-1238619. PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PI: Jodi Forlizzi, “Enhancing Mathematics Education with Educational Games: Can Erroneous Examples Help?” ($510,518). Period: 10/01/12 to 03/31/15. (See the NSF Award Announcement) U.S. Department of Education (IES), PI: Michael Timms (WestEd), Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Douglas Weihnacht “Voyage to Galapagos: Development of a Differentiated Assistance Model in an Inquiry Learning Environment,” (Subcontract amount: $237,812) Period: 03/01/11 to 02/28/14. National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No: SBE0354420. PI: Kenneth R. Koedinger, “Pittsburgh Sciences of Learning Center: Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms.” McLaren was awarded this project under the learning center grant. “Worked Examples, Intelligently-Tutored Problems, Erroneous Examples, and Problems to Solve: Which Materials are Best for Different Levels of Learners?” PI: Bruce M. McLaren, Co-PIs: Dave Yaron, Tamara Van Gog ($91,714). Period: 01/01/12 to 12/31/13. U.S. Department of Education (IES), Award No: R305A090460. PI: Bruce M. McLaren, “AdaptErrEx: Exploring the Learning Benefits of Erroneous Examples and Their Dynamic Adaptations Within the Context of Middle School Mathematics,” ($1,302,928). Period: 09/01/09 to 07/31/13 (including no-cost extension period). (See the AdaptErrEx project webpage) European Commission, 7th Framework Programme on Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (FP7-ICT-2009-5), PI: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Baruch Schwarz); Co-PIs: Saarland University (Bruce M. McLaren), Researchers from five other European institutions, “METAFORA - Learning to Learn Together: A Visual Language for Social Orchestration of Educational Activities," (Subcontract amount: 230,000 Euros ~= $300,000) Period: 07/01/10 to 10/01/13. (See the Metafora project webpage) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, the German Research Foundation), PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Niels Pinkwart, “Learning to Argue: Generalized Support Across Domains (LASAD),” (Approximate funding over 4 years: 700,000 Euros ~= $1,000,000). Period: 11/01/08 to 10/31/12. (Notes: (1) There was an initial grant period of 2 years and then an extension of 2 years based on a new proposal. (2) Unlike U.S. grants, DFG allows equal PIs, as opposed to designating a single PI, so McLaren and Pinkwart are equal PIs.) (See the LASAD project webpage) Ministry of Education and Science of the Ukraine; National Aerospace University, PI: Bruce M. McLaren; “Training of Dr. Andriy Chukhray on Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Studies of Learning,” ($7,716). Period: 11/01/11 to 01/01/2012. U.S. Department of Education (IES), Award No: R305A080093. PI: Vincent Aleven, Co-PI: Bruce M. McLaren. “Bringing Cognitive Tutors to the Internet: A Website that Helps Middle-School Students Learn Math,” ($1,490,705). Period: 03/01/08 to 04/30/11. (See the Mathtutor project webpage) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, the German Research Foundation), PIs: Erica Melis, Bruce M. McLaren, “Adaptive Learning with Erroneous Examples (ALoE),” (~$250,000). Period: 09/01/08 to 08/31/10. National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No: 0627513. PI: Norman Sadeh, Co-PIs: Bruce M. McLaren, Lorrie Cranor, Ljudevit Bauer, and Jason Hong, “CT-T: User-Controllable Security and Privacy for Pervasive Computing,” ($1,968,217). Period: 09/01/06 to 08/31/10. Office of Naval Research (ONR) Award No: N000140310220. PI: Kenneth R. Koedinger, Co-PIs: Neil Heffernan, Bruce M. McLaren, and Vincent Aleven. “Demonstrating Affordable Behavioral Modeling with CTAT Through Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction Techniques,” ($887,362). Period: 12/01/05 to 11/30/08. (See the CTAT project webpage) European Commission, Sixth Framework Programme IST – Technology-Enhanced Learning (STREP Contract No. 027728), PI: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Co-PIs: DFKI (Bruce M. McLaren), Researchers from five other European institutions, “ARGUNAUT – An Intelligent Guide to Support Productive Online Dialogue,” Period: 12/01/05 to 08/31/08. National Science Foundation (NSF) Award No: SBE0354420. PI: Kenneth R. Koedinger, “Pittsburgh Sciences of Learning Center: Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms,” Period: 10/01/04 to 09/30/14. McLaren was awarded the following learning center projects under this grant.
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