SUMMARY AS OF:
6/5/2001--Introduced.
Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF), for the purpose of
integrating scientific disciplines in relation to research on learning, and
gaining a better understanding of how such research and educational practice can
be reconciled, to continue to support such research, focusing on: (1) brain
research as a foundation for research on learning; (2) behavioral, cognitive,
affective, and social aspects of learning; (3) science, mathematics,
engineering, and technological learning in educational settings; and (4)
learning in complex educational systems.
Requires the Director of the NSF to review past research on learning, assess
current research efforts, and develop a set of specific education research
priorities to provide the strategic focus of the Centers of Research on Learning
established by this Act. Requires the Director to make grants for the
establishment of not more than five such Centers to integrate the work of
multidisciplinary teams of researchers, education practitioners, and
policymakers to support the research priorities developed, and to facilitate the
incorporation of research results into educational practice.
Authorizes appropriations for NSF participation in the Interagency Education
Research Initiative.