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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  • SIRIUS about STEM education reform through the creation of a community of transformation

    The SIRIUS II project (Sustainable Interdisciplinary Research to Inspire Undergraduate Success) addresses the need for STEM curricula that promote inclusion of…

  • Transforming classrooms into active learning environments to improve comprehension & graduation rate

    Two reports in 2012 by the National Academy of Sciences and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) found that (1) over 50% of st…

  • Integrating Computation Throughout the Physics Major Curriculum

    Need: Using a computer to model, simulate, predict, analyze, and display the behavior of physical systems is a central practice of physics, and computation has…

  • GeoExplorer: Scaling Up the Use of Mixed Reality in Civil Engineering Education

    Need: The aim of this work is to create a scalable and sustainable educational model of mixed reality gaming in civil engineering education (through the GeoExp…

  • Capacity-Building for Change Through Faculty Communities and Data

    NSF IUSE award number: 2021532, IUSE ICT capacity-building projectTitle: Capacity-Building for Change Through Faculty Communities and DataAuthors:Amy Chan Hilt…

  • Supporting change in physics undergraduate programs: Lessons learned from the EP3 & DALI initiative

    The Departmental Action Leadership Institute (DALI) is a community engagement activity of the Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) initiative, which …

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