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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  • 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…

  • Using Data-Centric Resources and Pedagogies in Introductory Statistics Courses (StatPREP)

    Need: The 2016 report A Common Vision for Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Programs in 2025 (Saxe & Braddy) included a challenge for the mathematics and…

  • Using Degree Experience Plans to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Diversity of CS Undergraduates

    The need: We believe that STEM disciplines such as computer science must develop new and better ways to improve: (1) engagement (i.e. wider interest in pursuin…

  • Using Multilayered Interventions to Improve Undergraduate Transfer Student Success in Biology

    Need: Community colleges are a vital entrance point for students seeking careers in STEM, but the process of transferring from two-year to four-year programs i…

  • Utilizing Professional Development Across Institution Types to Promote Research-based Instruction

    The Promoting Research-based Instructional Methods for Enhancing and Reforming STEM Education (PRIMERS) project was funded by NSF to facilitate the movement of…

  • Working with the community to develop authentic curricular material for hydrology education

    Need: The overarching goal of this project is to facilitate the development, use, and adoption of innovations that support active-learning in hydrology and wat…

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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.