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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  • The Experience of Near-Peer Computing Mentors in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Contexts

    In this talk, we investigate the effect of participating as a near-peer mentor for computing activities in undergraduate courses across disciplines. Many studi…

  • The Impacts of Free-Hand Sketching in Engineering

    Free-hand sketching plays a vital role throughout the engineering design process. It aids in externalizing ideas as individuals generate concepts, supports com…

  • ThermoVR: A virtual laboratory for teaching and assessing introductory thermodynamics

    In this project we used a process of co-design with a cohort of engineering educators to develop and test a new VR learning tool in a diversity of undergraduat…

  • Training Geoscientists: a Year-long Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Hydrologic Research Experience

    We present our experience developing an interdisciplinary Hydrology Research Experience funded by an NSF GEOPAths Undergraduate Preparation award. Our goal is …

  • Training the STEM trainers in Bayesian methods

    Dealing with uncertainty is a natural part of the scientific process. Just like scientists, students also need to derive rigorous conclusions from data. With t…

  • Transdisciplinary Learning Ecosystem Model to Promote a Sense of Belonging and Career Competencies

    Culturally relevant, place-based Earth science curricula addressing today’s societal issues can promote student engagement and motivation, especially for those…

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