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NSF Grant Award to Professor Laanan

Dr. Frankie Laanan received a Grant Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the collaborated project with Dr. Norena Badway of University of the Pacific: Student and Organizational Learning: Preparing the 21st Century Technician.

The objectives of this project are:

1) to describe and analyze the multiple methods that current ATE programs use to assess student learning, and to develop a research-based framework for assessing student learning outcomes for education in STEM fields;
2) to describe the range of current program elements in ATE programs, and to design a research-based framework for linking the contributions of these program elements with a variety of indicators of student success;
3) to describe the multiple meaningful ways in which ATE programs share information with others, and to develop a research-based framework for dissemination and transportability; and
4) to identify the role ATE participation has on the leadership development of faculty, and to develop a research-based framework for transformational leadership development in ATE-funded programs.