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.
  • Igniting interest in plant sciences & developing a botanical community through high-impact practices

    Plant science programs are increasingly scarce, with many programs being absorbed into more general biology departments and leading to a reduced botanical capa…

  • Collaborative Research: Building A Cybersecurity Mindset Through Continuous Cross-module Learning

    Needs: In recent years, there has been a notable surge in the demand for cybersecurity professionals. However, meeting this demand goes beyond merely training …

  • Project-Based Learning and STEM Persistence in Community Colleges

    Need: Jobs are forecasted to grow quickly in the coming decade in computer science and IT, and colleges are not producing enough graduates to keep up. The sign…

  • Dissecting 3D Printing as Part of an Engineering Design Process Education Course for Preservice STEM

    Dissecting 3D Printing as Part of an Engineering Design Process Education Course for Preservice STEM TeachersNeed: 3D printing (3DP) has been becoming more and…

  • Retention through Innovative Scaffolded Education in Self-Regulated Learning and Sense of Belonging

    GRANT: IUSE:EHR ESL Level 1 Project 2235705 / Retention through Innovative Scaffolded Education (RISE) in Self-Regulated Learning and Sense of BelongingPOSTER …

  • Connecting Undergraduates to Biodiversity Instruction through Citizen/Community Science

    This project aims to serve the national interest by establishing teaching practices that support active engagement with real-world scientific research to incre…

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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.