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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  • Mobile Hands-On Experiments and Collaborative Learning

    Experiential learning can be a very effective way of getting students to interact with the engineering concepts and see them in action shortly before or after …

  • Optimize Student Learning through Personalized Instruction and Need-aware Gaming (PING)

    Need: Continuing efforts to increase the quality of student education has led to an increasing need for automated systems that can personalize a student’s lear…

  • Organizational Change Networks (OCNs): A Framework for Systemic Reform in support of STEM Education

    Project Importance Improving undergraduate STEM education for all students remains an elusive goal, despite robust evidence on how to advance learning. In addi…

  • Professional Development for Part-time College Faculty to Enhance Student Success in STEM

    Need: At Elmhurst University and many other small, private institutions, a significant percentage of introductory STEM courses are taught by part-time faculty.…

  • Internet of Things for Remote Hands-on Engaged Student Learning

    NeedThe COVID-19 pandemic forced educational institutions everywhere to pivot to remote learning. During the rapid transition to online instruction, STEM cours…

  • iVisit: Using Virtual Humans in 360 Immersive Digital Site Visits of Complex Spatiotemporal Contexts

    Need: Site visits have been a tool utilized by STEM educators to engage students in active learning, assist traditional lessons, and attain stronger and deeper…

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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.