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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  • Design for Self-Regulated Learning: Effect of Practice Test Format on Studying Behavior in Physics

    Preparing for high-stakes exams in introductory STEM courses is generally a self-regulated activity. Compared to other exam reviewing strategies, practice test…

  • Designing and testing Attending to Conceptual Resources in Physics (ACORN-Physics) tutorials

    The 2021 National Academies report “Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future” calls for student science experiences that “prov…

  • 2021059: Measuring Learning and Improving Teaching of the Physics of Fluids in IPLS Courses

    Need for this project: Beginning in 2003, there have been numerous national calls for improvement of the education of biologists and health professionals . Sev…

  • Cultivating Physics Identity and Belonging for Women in Physics

    This project examines the role of mentorship and leadership in the development of physics identity of undergraduate women in physics. The results of this effor…

  • Teaching Problem Solving in Introductory Physics Using Interactive Video-Enhanced Tutorials

    Need: Developing students' problem-solving skills can be challenging, particularly in large courses. Under this project, the research team has developed and ev…

  • Community Sourcing of Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: The Living Physics Portal

    Need: Introductory physics courses aimed at life science students serve more than 200,000 students per year. However, those courses are often structured like c…

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