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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  • Engaging STEM Learners with Hands-on Models to Build Representational Competence

    Need: Modern 3D printing technology offers an adaptable and affordable process for design, production and dissemination of physical models and manipulatives fo…

  • Collaborative Research: Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry and Exploration (EDDIE)

    Summarizing, condensing, displaying, and communicating quantitative data remains a persistent challenge in undergraduate science education. The emergence of la…

  • Environmental Computing and Community Engagement in STEM education: Building Effective and Sustainable Relationships

    Xavier University of Louisiana, in collaboration with the Institute of Earth Science Research and Education (IESRE) run the ECoSTEM project. This project aims …

  • Collaborative Research: Extending A Coherent Gateway to STEM Teaching and Learning

    Need: Introductory STEM courses have been the target of transformation efforts because of the role they play as the gateway (and obstacle) to STEM careers for …

  • Faculty COMMIT-ed to Inquiry: A Network of Communities transforming mathematics instruction

    Need: For decades, college mathematics courses have acted as “gatekeeper courses” and have discouraged students from pursuing or attaining STEM majors; thereby…

  • Collaborative Research: Extending Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra

    Need: This project aims to serve the national interest by improving student learning in linear algebra. It aligns with national calls to engage students in lea…

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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.