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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  • Quantitative Modeling in Biology Undergrad (QM BUG) Courses: Teaching Approaches and Student Outcome

    For some time now, national calls have emphasized inclusion of quantitative reasoning (like data and figure interpretation and mathematical and computational m…

  • Rebuilding and Reinforcing Creativity Through Assessment in Engineering Students and Practitioners

    When Cropley and Cropley proposed promotion of creativity through assessment, they did so in terms of individuals in the general population. Engineering studen…

  • Researching Apun: Students Using Local, Traditional, and Science Knowledge Bases to Investigate Arct

    Student engagement in STEM increases when research activities are included in the curriculum. These research experiences, when paired with Culturally Relevant …

  • Rethinking introductory physics for pre-health and life-science majors

    Need: There is a need to reform undergraduate pre-health physics instruction in what is commonly referred to as Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences or I…

  • Revealing college biology student graphing practices with a digital performance-based assessment

    Need: A major barrier to improving teaching of complex skills in science is measuring them on larger scales. Evidence-based teaching depends on evidence, and w…

  • Scaling Up the Use of Mixed Reality in Civil Engineering Education

    Need: To address the need for more practical experience in civil engineering education, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Northeastern University, …

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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.