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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  • Teaching Ethics Using Problem-Based Learning in an Intro ECE Course

    Need: Research supports using instructional methods for teaching ethical reasoning in STEM fields. Compared to lecture, active learning approaches, such as pro…

  • The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: The impact of student-autonomy on CURE efficacy

    Need: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are an effective means of transforming the learning and teaching of science by involving students…

  • Thinking With Algebra, TWA

    Need:Algebra is the gatekeeper to higher level mathematics and science courses (Domina, McEachin, Penner, & Penner, 2015; Long, Conger, & Iatarola, 201…

  • Tools for Assessment in Genetics: Making Instruments to measure student understanding of genetics co

    NeedGenetics concepts are at the very heart of modern biology, particularly in inheritance, evolution, species variation, and gene function and therapy, and th…

  • Understanding students’ learning strategies in mastery-based online learning modules

    The Need: As online learning becomes more prevalent especially after the onset of COVID pandemic, there's a pressing need to identify students' learning strate…

  • Using a Tutoring System to Learn to Write High Quality Code

    Need: Too often, students write poor code - code that is correct, but is hard to read, modify or extend. Since the code is correct, students have no incentive …

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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.