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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  • Impact of Augmented Reality Models on Students’ Usage of Gestures when Talking about Biochemistry

    Learning biochemistry often involves the use and coordination of multiple external representations. There are multiple examples in the literature highlighting …

  • Metacognition Support in a STEM Course: How and Why?

    Our NSF IUSE project is a three-year study on the use of systematic written reflection in an undergraduate Fluid Mechanics course to promote planning, monitori…

  • Impact of facilitating informal physics programs on undergraduate physics students

    Prior studies indicate that the development of disciplinary identity and increased self-efficacy promote enhanced retention among students, especially among un…

  • Mission, Meaning, Making (M3): Experimenting with Cross-College Co-Teaching in Innovation

    Innovation requires a transdisciplinary approach, yet higher education institutions often operate within silos. To address this challenge, we created the Missi…

  • Impact of Innovation Competitions and Programs on STEM Education: Insights from Student Experiences

    Innovation Competitions and Programs (ICPs), such as design challenges, hackathons, startup incubator competitions, boot camps, customer discovery labs, and ac…

  • Implementing Learning Communities for Science Faculty

    There is a recent impetus for the transformation of undergraduate science instruction which would enrich student learning of science for a large portion of a d…

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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.