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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  • Engaging STEM Learners with Hands-on Models to Build Representational Competence

    Need: Modern 3D printing technology offers an adaptable and affordable process for design, production and dissemination of physical models and manipulatives fo…

  • Collaborative Research: Extending A Coherent Gateway to STEM Teaching and Learning

    Need: Introductory STEM courses have been the target of transformation efforts because of the role they play as the gateway (and obstacle) to STEM careers for …

  • A new resource for chemistry educators: CHemistry Instrument Review and Assessment Library (CHIRAL)

    Need: Evaluating the effectiveness of educational practices and interventions requires the use of evidence-based assessment instruments to measure a range of v…

  • Writing Research and Evaluation Plans for NSF Grants: How are they similar and different?

    In general, several National Science Foundation (NSF) solicitations in the Directorate for Education & Human Resources including: Improving Undergraduate …

  • Building Gender Equity in the Academy: Institutional Strategies for Change

    Despite decades of effort by federal science funders to increase the numbers of women holding advanced degrees and faculty jobs in science and engineering, the…

  • Suddenly Online: A National Survey of Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Suddenly Online: A National Survey of Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This report shares results from Digital Promise’s national, random-sample su…

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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.