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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  • Quantitative Modeling in Biology Undergrad (QM BUG) Courses: Teaching Approaches and Student Outcome

    For some time now, national calls have emphasized inclusion of quantitative reasoning (like data and figure interpretation and mathematical and computational m…

  • Integrating Innovative Biological Research Data into Biostatistics

    Poster Title: Integrating Innovative Biological Research Data into BiostatisticsPoster Abstract: Need: It is often difficult to maintain student engagement in …

  • Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

    Need: The Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (JSU-CURE) is a program designed to enhance the undergraduate STEM education …

  • 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…

  • Exploring Students’ Learning of Data Analysis in a Three-Dimensional Lab Environment

    Need: Current movements to reform undergraduate lab courses build on the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards vision with its emphasis on scientific practice…

  • FossilSketch: first results of classroom testing

    Need: The microfossil remains that are preserved in sediments play key roles in determining the ages of geologic records, reconstructing paleoenvironments, and…

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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.