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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  • Transdisciplinary Learning Ecosystem Model to Promote a Sense of Belonging and Career Competencies

    Culturally relevant, place-based Earth science curricula addressing today’s societal issues can promote student engagement and motivation, especially for those…

  • Starting a Community of Practice for Equitable Grading Practices in Computer Science

    Traditional grading practices where points are allocated to assignments, mistakes result in point deductions, and assignment scores are combined using some for…

  • More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement

    Despite broad consensus that highlighting counter-stereotypical scientist role models in educational materials promotes equity and success, the specific elemen…

  • STEM Fluency: Expanding the effectiveness, equity, and relevance of online learning of STEM skills

    It is well documented that students often struggle with relatively basic STEM skills used in introductory physics courses, such as algebra, trigonometry, and v…

  • More than Words: Analyzing Conversation to Explore Cognitive Engagement in Active Learning

    This talk reports on a project exploring cognitive engagement in active learning, highlighting how insights from applied linguistics can enhance the analysis o…

  • Students as Partners in Educational Transformation

    The shifting sands of higher education and a pandemic have made it difficult to find a stable pathway to achieving the transformation we envisioned at the star…

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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.