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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  • Training Teaching Assistants to Create a Positive Motivational Climate

    ProblemStudent recruitment and retention in Computer Science (CS) is a well-known challenge, and there are national efforts to increase participation in CS.1,1…

  • The Impacts of Free-Hand Sketching in Engineering

    Free-hand sketching plays a vital role throughout the engineering design process. It aids in externalizing ideas as individuals generate concepts, supports com…

  • ZotGraph: Engaging Students with Complex Topics through Knowledge Graphs

    A core challenge in education is making the conceptual connections between different topics legible to students. We have developed and tested an interactive sy…

  • The Experience of Near-Peer Computing Mentors in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Contexts

    In this talk, we investigate the effect of participating as a near-peer mentor for computing activities in undergraduate courses across disciplines. Many studi…

  • Preparing Students to Participate in Authentic, Collaborative Computing Environments

    The OpenPace project introduces students to Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) in support of multiple objectives. First, HFOSS provides excelle…

  • PULSE: An Online Platform Fusing Predictive Models and Productive Struggle in Programming Courses

    Lack of self-efficacy has been identified as a significant barrier for students in introductory computer science courses. Research indicates that enhancing sel…

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