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.
  • Using Degree Experience Plans to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Diversity of CS Undergraduates

    The need: We believe that STEM disciplines such as computer science must develop new and better ways to improve: (1) engagement (i.e. wider interest in pursuin…

  • Utilizing Professional Development Across Institution Types to Promote Research-based Instruction

    The Promoting Research-based Instructional Methods for Enhancing and Reforming STEM Education (PRIMERS) project was funded by NSF to facilitate the movement of…

  • Beyond intelligence: The role of noncognitive factors in student success and student thriving

    It is well established that noncognitive factors – psychological traits, behaviors, affects and beliefs – have a significant impact on academic performance of …

  • Comparing Online and Residential Summer Bridge Programs for Mathematics Preparation of STEM Majors

    Although there are various support programs for STEM students and students interested in STEM, mathematics preparation is a barrier to success, particularly fo…

  • Cultivating Physics Identity and Belonging for Women in Physics

    This project examines the role of mentorship and leadership in the development of physics identity of undergraduate women in physics. The results of this effor…

  • Data-rich and societally-oriented curricular modules: comparison of design inputs and actual use pat

    The Geodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) project was initiated to address a dearth of resources for undergraduate learning about geodesy – a branch of geo…

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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.