Congressman Thompson Announced $399,982 Awarded to Jackson State University

BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The National Science Foundation has awarded $399,982 to Jackson State University. This project, entitled "Targeted Infusion Project: Innovating Writing-To-Learning Pedagogy to Promote and Assess Deep Conceptual Understanding and Mindful Learning Across Authentic STEM Education Settings" is under the direction of Wei Zheng.

The primary goal of the project is to use AI-empowered automatic assessment of students’ writing and metacognitive prompts to both assess student learning gains and help improve student learning and persistence in STEM domains.

For more information call Wei Zheng at (601) 979-2008.