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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  • Taking CalcPlot3D to the Next Dimension: Creating 3D Printed Learning Materials

    Need: This research project aims to serve the national need of STEM students to develop a deeper understanding of 3D concepts in calculus through hands-on, phy…

  • Teaching Ethics Using Problem-Based Learning in an Intro ECE Course

    Need: Research supports using instructional methods for teaching ethical reasoning in STEM fields. Compared to lecture, active learning approaches, such as pro…

  • The “Silver Lining” of COVID-19 impacts on an IUSE ICT Capacity-Building Project: Adapting to Efforts to Promote Positive Change During times of Uncertainty and Change

    The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted higher education in the US in myriad ways. This reality has not been lost on efforts aimed at improving STEM e…

  • The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: The impact of student-autonomy on CURE efficacy

    Need: Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are an effective means of transforming the learning and teaching of science by involving students…

  • The importance of validity testing – Goal Orientation and Goal Affordance

    NeedWe proposed to combine two high-impact practices - undergraduate research and service learning - in the context of service learning, course-based undergrad…

  • 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…

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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.