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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  • Student Reasoning Evidence as a Tool for Future Secondary Math Teacher Learning and More

    I will share sample materials from an online video-based curriculum project (VCAST) that has been implemented in over 40 university math courses over the last …

  • Students’ Mechanistic Explanations across Undergraduate Chemistry and Biology Courses

    Need:Constructing useable cross-disciplinary knowledge is essential if STEM graduates are to address societal challenges such as pandemics or climate change. H…

  • Succeeding in Introductory Physics: Building math fluency in a physics context

    Need: Students often struggle with relatively basic mathematics used in introductory physics courses. This project is aimed at investigating the nature and ext…

  • SUMMIT-P: Using Faculty Learning Communities at Lee University

    NeedIn conjunction with the Committee on Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years (CRAFTY) of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and SUMMIT-P, …

  • Talking about why: Linking research and theory to efforts to build racial equity in STEM

    Achieving racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) requires race-conscious approaches that bring disproportionate benefit to u…

  • Teaching Practices with Multiplayer Mixed Reality Simulations and Intelligent Virtual Students

    1. Need: This project (enactive virtual environment for teaching practice, EVETeach) addresses two issues facing STEM undergraduate education: (a) the difficul…

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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.