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…

results in Engineering.
  • Quantitative Network Analysis for Benchmarking and Improving Makerspaces

    This project aims to better understand how students are using makerspaces. Using makerspaces to support engineering coursework can have mixed effects on studen…

  • Local wearable cooling may improve thermal comfort, emotion, and cognition

    Local wearable cooling may improve thermal comfort, emotion, and cognitionAbstract:Need: Extreme heat during summer could pose a threat to students’ thermal co…

  • Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Connections, and Community

    Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Connections, and CommunityIntroduction:The PEEC3 (Preparing Early Engineers through Context, Community and Connectio…

  • ASI Tutor: An Integrated Problem-Solving Environment for Learning Automated System Integration

    NEED: Automated systems are found everywhere in our daily lives. Designing, building, and maintaining automated systems is a complex task requiring knowledge o…

  • Transforming Soft Robotics Education through Integrated Undergraduate Research

    Need: Despite its short history, soft robotics has gained significant momentum and may represent a paradigm shift in robotics that can revolutionize modern ind…

  • Impact of an Immersive VR-based Environment for Learning HRC In Construction Robotics Education

    As the construction industry gears towards widespread acceptance of robots, a paradigmatic shift in skills and abilities becomes evident, stressing the need to…

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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.