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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  • Inviting early college students to be mathematicians

    This poster will share preliminary findings from work that investigates the ways in which student-led mathematics research projects, conducted early in student…

  • iVisit: Using Virtual Humans in 360 Immersive Digital Site Visits of Complex Spatiotemporal Contexts

    Need: Site visits have been a tool utilized by STEM educators to engage students in active learning, assist traditional lessons, and attain stronger and deeper…

  • Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

    Need: The Jackson State University Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (JSU-CURE) is a program designed to enhance the undergraduate STEM education …

  • Longitudinal investigation of the decision process in adoption of course-based research

    NEED: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective method of engaging students in authentic research experiences, but many instruct…

  • Graphical Literacy for STEM Students: Testing the Effects of Context and Scaffolding During Learning

    Need: Graphical data displays are ubiquitous in introductory STEM courses and textbooks (e.g., Brown et al., 2015; Kump et al., 2010; Myers, 2013; Reece et al.…

  • Green chemistry design principles to support learners’ sustainable thinking

    This project fulfills a need for the development and evaluation of curricular materials to elicit evidence of understanding of green and sustainable chemistry …

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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.