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 Supporting Students.
  • Networked to Improve Clinical Experiences for Secondary Mathematics Education Teacher Candidates

    The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics program standards underlie the work of the Clinical Experien…

  • The Role of Sketching in Engineering and Impacts of an Intelligent Tutoring Software, Sketchtivity

    Freehand sketching is an essential skill for engineers. Sketching enables designers to represent ideas rapidly and offload working memory. Sketching frequently…

  • Rethinking introductory physics for pre-health and life-science majors

    Need: There is a need to reform undergraduate pre-health physics instruction in what is commonly referred to as Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences or I…

  • Revealing college biology student graphing practices with a digital performance-based assessment

    Need: A major barrier to improving teaching of complex skills in science is measuring them on larger scales. Evidence-based teaching depends on evidence, and w…

  • Studying the Characteristics of Equitable Mathematics Programs

    Need: There is a critical need to better understand what supports students, especially those who are members of marginalized and underrepresented groups, to su…

  • Math Attitudes in Undergraduate Students Enrolled in Introductory Geoscience Courses

    Need: Math attitudes are intricately related to success in science, but this relationship has not been explored in geoscience. To recruit, retain, and graduate…

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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.