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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  • Cultivating Scientific Literacy and Action through Place: Campus Farm as Interdisciplinary Hub

    NeedWith the upswing in undergraduate interest in sustainability and community engagement, college campus farms—especially those at urban institutions—provide …

  • CyberMUG: Cybersecurity Modules aligned with UG Computer Science and Engineering Curriculum

    NeedDue to a lack of integrated cybersecurity content in regular CSE/CE (computer science & engineering/ computer engineering) programs and additional chal…

  • Data-Enabled Engineering Projects (DEEPs) for Undergraduate Data Science and Engineering Education

    Need: Data science is emerging as a field that is revolutionizing the world. The ever-increasing computing power, the exponential growth of data, and the desir…

  • Defining Almost Correct: Quantifying Student Understanding Hidden in Wrong Answers

    This project aims to transform the way faculty assess student learning in undergraduate physics courses. Quantitative assessments of student learning in physic…

  • Design for Self-Regulated Learning: Effect of Practice Test Format on Studying Behavior in Physics

    Preparing for high-stakes exams in introductory STEM courses is generally a self-regulated activity. Compared to other exam reviewing strategies, practice test…

  • Designing and testing Attending to Conceptual Resources in Physics (ACORN-Physics) tutorials

    The 2021 National Academies report “Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future” calls for student science experiences that “prov…

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