Current Projects

The STEM Center maintains several different research projects with the following areas of focus.

  1. How does the integration of novel and/or evidence-based teaching strategies into STEM classrooms impact the teaching and learning of STEM content and practices, nature of science, and design thinking?
  2. How does the integration of novel and/or evidence-based teaching strategies into STEM classrooms impact students’ noncognitive attributes and dispositions?
  3. How can out-of-school time activities be enhanced to positively change participants’ non-cognitive attributes and dispositions related to STEM such as interest, self-efficacy, identity, and motivation?
  4. How can STEM activities be optimized to broaden access to STEM, increase diversity in STEM courses and careers, and strengthen community connections?

Current Research Projects

Environmental Health Investigators

Watershed Scholars Program

Introductory STEM Education Excellence at SIUE

Youth-Led Citizen Science Network for Community Environmental Assessment (Y-CITYSCI)

GEOPATHS Scholars