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 Physics and Astronomy.
  • Making NMR Resonate With Students: Integrating NMR Into the Undergraduate Science Curriculum

    Need: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an important tool in the modern STEM workforce that uses the properties of atomic nuclei in a magnetic field to provi…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Exploring students’ socio-metacognitive experiences

    Need: Research-based instructional materials often use an elicit - confront - resolve strategy to guide students toward formal science concepts (e.g., Tutorial…

  • Defining Almost Correct: Quantifying Student Understanding Hidden in Wrong Answers

    This project aims to transform the way faculty assess student learning in undergraduate physics courses. Quantitative assessments of student learning in physic…

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