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

  • Omwana Ni Wa Bhone … It Takes a Village

    To address a problem, we first need to understand that it exists.

  • Examining Linguistic Diversity and Data Science Curriculum in STEM Education with a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens

    How do we design and scale STEM courses in a way that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility? First, Dr. Manisha Sharan shares how linguistic d…

  • Advancing Interdisciplinary Undergraduate STEM Education for Increased Workforce Preparation

    How do we engage STEM students in interdisciplinary learning to better prepare them for the workforce? In this workshop, speakers share their experiences desig…

results in Engineering.
  • Improving Undergraduate Success through Effective Critical Thinking (iUSE-CT)

    Data for engineering programs across the country indicates a large gap between first-year retention rates and graduation rates for engineering students placing…

  • Infusing Design: Impact of Engineering Design in Physics Labs on Student Engagement and Perception

    Problem-solving is a critical skill in the workplace, but recent college graduates are often deficient in problem-solving skills. Introductory STEM courses pre…

  • Initial Work Towards a Mobile-Based Free Body Diagram Application

    Over 600,000 students enter an undergraduate engineering program in the United States every year. Many of these students learn to draw free body diagrams (FBDs…

  • Integrating Undergraduate Learning in Engineering and Business to Improve Manufacturing Education

    Manufacturing is undergoing the greatest change in more than 100 years, and the current skills gap causes serious concerns about the ability of manufacturers t…

  • Experiences in Managing Large, Multi-Institution Research Projects

    Need. The future of research is about transdisciplinary collaboration that explores how intersected disciplinary perspectives can effectively address important…

  • Exploratory Learning Activities in Undergraduate STEM Courses

    Need: Exploratory learning is an active-learning technique that has been shown to improve students’ conceptual understanding. Exploratory learning reverses the…

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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.