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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  • Supporting Student Learning in Chemistry through Peer Review and Revision

    Writing is a key aspect of STEM instruction and writing-to-learn, where the focus is on using writing to support students’ conceptual understanding and discipl…

  • Using a Tutoring System to Learn to Write High Quality Code

    Need: Too often, students write poor code - code that is correct, but is hard to read, modify or extend. Since the code is correct, students have no incentive …

  • Supporting Undergraduate Preservice Science Teachers with an NGSS-Aligned Unit Planning Tool

    This project aims to serve pre-service science teachers and K-12 students nationally by positively impacting the ability of science teacher educators to suppor…

  • Using Engineering Design Prototypes to Improve the Communication Skills of Undergraduates

    Need: The objective of this grant is to rigorously investigate engineering students’ use of prototypes during engineering design communication, and leverage re…

  • Taking CalcPlot3D to the Next Dimension: Creating 3D Printed Learning Materials

    Need: This research project aims to serve the national need of STEM students to develop a deeper understanding of 3D concepts in calculus through hands-on, phy…

  • Using preprint peer review to enhance scientific literacy and identity formation: preliminary data

    Need: Undergraduate science education focuses on how experiments are carried out and the knowledge generated by that research literature, but misses an opportu…

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AAAS-IUSE is looking for resources that will help principal investigators, faculty and other education leaders improve undergraduate STEM education. If there is a type of resource you would like to see more of, or a specific resource you would like to recommend, please reach out below.