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.
  • The Role of In-Class Inquiry in Shaping Student Identity and Outcomes in Entry-Level STEM Courses

     Title: The Role of In-Class Inquiry in Shaping Student Identity and Outcomes in Entry-Level STEM Courses Authors: Bradley W. Bergey, Perry Samson, a…

  • Understanding the Impacts of DATs on Departmental Change and on Undergraduate Success

    Educational change initiatives have been criticized for not accounting for cultural barriers to change, leading to low adoption. The Departmental Action Team (…

  • Access, Barriers, and Student Strategies to Online Formative Assessments in Introductory Biology

    Need: Formative assessments (FAs), such as homework assignments, can improve learning by providing structure and feedback, which can help to close achievement …

  • Undergraduate Research in STEM during the First Two Years of College Education: A Formula for All.

    Embracing the NSF IUSE theme of institutional and community transformation, Cuesta College leveraged its award to develop a research culture at the community c…

  • Understanding Context: Propagation of a Concept-Based Technology Tool in Diverse Settings

    Need: Concept-based learning is a form of active learning which is the use of activity-based pedagogies whose primary objectives are to make students value dee…

  • Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Open-Ended Problem Solving in Chemistry

    Need: Chemistry is an important gateway course for STEM careers, and the quantitative problem solving aspects of this course are one of the biggest barriers to…

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