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…

results in Learning Environments for Undergraduate STEM Education.
  • Validated Learning Objectives for Introductory Biology: A Resource for Improving Course Design, Facu

    Validated Learning Objectives for Introductory Biology: A Resource for Improving Course Design, Faculty Practice, and Student Outcomes Need: Learning objective…

  • Secondary PSTs’ Understanding of A Tri-Focal Approach Integrated in A Science Method Course

    A study of Secondary PSTs’ Understanding of A Tri-Focal Approach Integrated in A Science Method CourseNeed: Reconceptualizing science content and the language …

  • SLU- SUMMIT-P Making Math Education More Effective for Business Students

    Need: The projects of the SUMMIT-P consortium looked at making mathematics education more effective for partner disciplines, a longstanding issue in STEM educa…

  • Student Produced Audio Narratives (SPAN)

    Need: Introductory geoscience courses play an important role in recruiting more, and more diverse, students into the STEM workforce. However, teaching these co…

  • Students cognitive engagement when learning with instructional videos is related to STEM achievement

    NeedInstructional videos are common resources used in STEM classrooms and, when designed well, can help students better understand complex STEM topics. Underst…

  • Students’ Conceptual Resources for Understanding Physics

    Physics education research has a rich history of topic-specific research about student thinking. Over the last three decades, researchers have identified commo…

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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.