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.
  • Impact of Mindset Training for Supplemental Instructors and Faculty on STEM Courses at Small College

    Need: The impact of enhanced mindset training for peer Supplemental Instructors (SI) and supervising faculty in gateway STEM courses (Precalculus, Calculus I, …

  • 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 …

  • Exploratory Learning Activities in Undergraduate STEM Courses

    Need: Exploratory learning is an active-learning technique that has been shown to improve students’ conceptual understanding. Exploratory learning reverses the…

  • Exploring Students’ Learning of Data Analysis in a Three-Dimensional Lab Environment

    Need: Current movements to reform undergraduate lab courses build on the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards vision with its emphasis on scientific practice…

  • Cultivating Scientific Literacy and Action through Place: Campus Farm as Interdisciplinary Hub

    NeedWith the upswing in undergraduate interest in sustainability and community engagement, college campus farms—especially those at urban institutions—provide …

  • CyberMUG: Cybersecurity Modules aligned with UG Computer Science and Engineering Curriculum

    NeedDue to a lack of integrated cybersecurity content in regular CSE/CE (computer science & engineering/ computer engineering) programs and additional chal…

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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.