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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  • ECAST: Elementary Content through Ambitious Science Teaching

    Needs:This IUSE project is developing and testing the effectiveness of phenomenon-based science content courses for prospective undergraduate elementary teache…

  • Biology Education in CRISPR-based Gene Editing Technologies for Advanced Biology Undergraduates, Pr

    The rapid advancements in gene editing technologies, particularly CRISPR-Cas9, have transformed not only basic research but also made significant impact on dis…

  • Transforming Integrative Maker Education for STEM Learning

    T.I.M.E. for STEMAbstractV. Chambers, K. York, M. MarnichNeed:Transforming Integrative Makerspace Education for STEM (National Science Foundation funded projec…

  • Using the AI-Based Classroom Teaching Simulator (ACTS) to Support Mathematical Questioning

    Need: This project focuses on elementary mathematics teacher preparation. Unfortunately, undergraduates majoring in elementary education rarely have ample oppo…

  • Retention of Minoritized Racial/Ethnic (MRE) Students in STEM Teaching Career Pathways

    Need:The US K-12 STEM education system faces the combined challenges of an overall shortage of qualified STEM teachers (Cowan et al., 2016) and a mismatch betw…

  • Preparing Non-traditional Learners as Next Generation Science Teachers

    Learn how Dr. Sharma designed a course that draws on adult learning theories and first-hand experience to teach non-traditional learners.

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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.