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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  • Collaborative Research: Improving Student Learning in Organic Chemistry Using Reaction Simulations

    The first version of Interactive Organic Reaction Animations (iORA) is now available for students to use on their Smartphones. iORA is a teaching tool that wil…

  • A new resource for chemistry educators: CHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL)

    Need: Evaluating the effectiveness of educational practices and interventions requires the use of evidence-based assessment instruments to measure a range of v…

  • ChemSims: Designing effective simulation-based pre-class activities to support chemistry learning

    The ChemSims project addresses two important needs: supporting students who enter college introductory chemistry classes with a wide variety of background know…

  • Inclusive STEM Environments Inside and Outside the Classroom

    How can we provide inclusive spaces for students typically underrepresented in STEM? In this workshop hosted by the AAAS-IUSE Initiative, speakers share two di…

  • How Storytelling Inspires Representation in STEM Communities

    How do we make sure all stakeholders have representation in STEM? Learn how storytelling helps us get there.

  • How New Assessment Practices Encourage Student Intellectual Engagement Online and Beyond

    Intellectual engagement of students in STEM courses has been especially challenging in the virtual environment. Dr. Anya Goodman saw this problem and made chan…

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