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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  • 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…

  • Longitudinal investigation of the decision process in adoption of course-based research

    NEED: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective method of engaging students in authentic research experiences, but many instruct…

  • ExplainIt: Improving Student Learning with Explanation-based Classroom Response Systems

    1. NeedThis project aims to create an innovative explanation-based classroom response system, ExplainIt, that provides real-time support to undergraduate STEM …

  • Facilitating Widespread Implementation of Teaching Strategies Known to Promote Student Success throughout a State System of Colleges

    Need: The pandemic and civil unrest of the preceding two years have focused much-needed attention on the systemic inequities in higher education. While decades…

  • Graphical Literacy for STEM Students: Testing the Effects of Context and Scaffolding During Learning

    Need: Graphical data displays are ubiquitous in introductory STEM courses and textbooks (e.g., Brown et al., 2015; Kump et al., 2010; Myers, 2013; Reece et al.…

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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.