Resources

This initiative compiles materials that help STEM education leaders create improvements in their classrooms, transform institutions, and advance research.
Review our staff picks for timely resources related to pressing issues or use the search and categorization features to browse research, reports, and other materials.

Staff Picks

  • Characterizing Student Perspectives on Departmental Culture: The Student DELTA Survey

    Traditional Student Experience MetricsNational reports have revealed that although undergraduate education has undergone significant reform, students are not g…

  • The Value of Community Colleges: Bridging Gaps and Building Pathways to Increase Student Success

    (Video credit: CCC Marcom)Innovative Evidence-based Strategies to Disrupt the Current Community College NarrativeI was honored to be invited to talk at a confe…

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  • How Digital Backchannels Affect Student Inquiry, Identity and Achievement in Entry-Level STEM Course

    Need. The reasons for attrition of undergraduate students underrepresented in STEM disciplines are thought to be influenced, at least in part, by the intimidat…

  • Designing a STEM Psychology Curriculum: Approaches and Challenges in Curriculum Development

    NEED:Research shows (Ladyzhets, 2020; Funk and Parker, 2018) there is a globally documented need for the contributions of Black and Hispanic students in the in…

  • Collaborative Research: CUE-T: Broadening Participation in Computing via Active Learning Strategies

    Need:This project's main goal is to explore the impact of integrating inclusive and equitable learning and engagement strategies (IE-LESs) in computing online …

  • Biology Core Concept Teaching Tools to Promote Transfer Across Scales and Sub-disciplines

    The 2011 AAAS Vision and Change (V&C) report identified five core concepts in biology and called on undergraduate biology instructors to teach students to …

  • Characterizing active learning pedagogies in physics

    Active learning is known to increase students’ conceptual understanding and improve likelihood of success in introductory physics classes. A number of differen…

  • Writing for the client: a situated learning approach to improve engineering communication skills

    Need: Effective communication is valued in industry and linked with enhanced career progression, yet many engineering undergraduates lack these skills. Bridgin…

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