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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  • An Assets Based Approach to STEM Faculty Teaching Development

    Need: There are persistent myths about why faculty do not adopt research-based teaching practices. A common assumption is that faculty are not aware of the pro…

  • An Integrative Approach for Teaching and Learning About Biological Evolution Using Human Disease

    NEED:Two difficulties in teaching biology to undergraduate students using an evolutionary conceptual framework are: (1) the lack of clear connections between e…

  • Broadening the Path to the STEM Profession Through Cybersecurity Learning

    Understanding NSF Clouds and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for Computer Networking and Security EducationHands-on lab experiments have been an integral par…

  • Supporting Undergraduate Preservice Science Teachers with an NGSS-Aligned Unit Planning Tool

    This project aims to serve pre-service science teachers and K-12 students nationally by positively impacting the ability of science teacher educators to suppor…

  • Taking CalcPlot3D to the Next Dimension: Creating 3D Printed Learning Materials

    Need: This research project aims to serve the national need of STEM students to develop a deeper understanding of 3D concepts in calculus through hands-on, phy…

  • Teaching Ethics Using Problem-Based Learning in an Intro ECE Course

    Need: Research supports using instructional methods for teaching ethical reasoning in STEM fields. Compared to lecture, active learning approaches, such as pro…

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