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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  • Accessible CURE implementation in ecology and evolution across diverse institution types

    Need: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been broadly recognized for increasing accessibility of undergraduate research experiences, …

  • Numeracy in Gen Ed Science Courses: The Impact of Affect and Perceived Relevancy on Assessment

    In the information age, numerical skills such as proportional reasoning, graph reading, estimation, and arithmetic are essential life skills. They are critical…

  • Operationalizing Research About College Lab Experiences (ORACLE)

    Need: We are exploring an overarching research question: What is the role of the introductory biology lab in the general education curriculum? Despite a long h…

  • Biology Education in CRISPR-based Gene Editing Technologies for Advanced Biology Undergraduates, Pr

    The rapid advancements in gene editing technologies, particularly CRISPR-Cas9, have transformed not only basic research but also made significant impact on dis…

  • Enriching Research Findings on Belonging in Field Education with a Community of Practice

    Enriching Research Findings on Belonging in Field Education with a Community of PracticeAuthors: Holly Cho, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Lucas Hill,…

  • Biology Core Concept Teaching Tools to Promote Transfer Across Scales and Sub-disciplines

    The 2011 AAAS Vision and Change (V&C) report identified five core concepts in biology and called on undergraduate biology instructors to teach students to …

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