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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=507581313-03062003>FYI - Please
share with any colleagues who might be interested in submitting an
application.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=507581313-03062003>Stacey</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> NASSMC-NBS@nassmc.org
[mailto:NASSMC-NBS@nassmc.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:01
AM<BR><B>To:</B> NBS@nassmc.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> NSF Funding 'Science of
Learning' Projects E/P NBS#1996<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS COALITIONS<BR>News
Brief #1996 Category: Education Policy<BR>TITLE: "NSF Commits $20 Million to
'Science of Learning' Projects"<BR><BR>The National Science Foundation is
seeking applications for as many as 30 projects that will build on existing
research into how people learn, and put the new findings into use in schools.
<BR><BR>"This is going to push the sciences of learning in a big way to bring to
bear what they can tell us [about] how people learn," said Steven Breckler,
NSF's program director for behavioral and cognitive sciences. <BR><BR>The agency
will make three to five major grants of $3 million to $5 million annually to
"Science of Learning Centers" conducting research on learning and working with
schools or other practitioners to test various methods. <BR><BR>Another 20
smaller grants will be awarded to "catalysts" examining narrow topics in
learning.<BR><BR>SOURCE: Education Week, 28 May 2003 (p. 12)<BR>WEBSITE:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=38nsf.h22 <BR></FONT><BR><FONT
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