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Select Databases

ERIC via ProQuest*
Largest database of education related material in the world. Not fantastic for finding curricula, but great for finding and describing the effects of curricular change.
LearnTechLib
Web of Science*
Web of Science will help you find scholarly articles on many different subjects.
Scopus*
Use Scopus to find articles from technology and the social sciences for an interdisciplinary approach to research.

Important Reports & Books

Recommendation by ERI

Common Guidelines for Education Research A Report from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation August 2013
Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering It describes the discipline-specific difficulties learners face and the specialized intellectual and instructional resources that can facilitate student understanding.
How People Learn II There are many reasons to be curious about the way people learn, and the past several decades have seen an explosion of research that has important implications for individual learning, schooling, workforce training, and policy.
Indicators for Monioring Undergraduate STEM Education Many capable students intending to major in STEM later switch to another field or drop out of higher education altogether, partly because of documented weaknesses in STEM teaching, learning and student supports. Improving undergraduate STEM education to address these weaknesses is a national imperative.
PCAST Engage to Excel Economic projections point to a need for approximately 1 million more STEM professionals than the U.S. will produce at the current rate over the next decade if the country is to retain its historical preeminence in science and technology.
Report of the Academic Competitiveness Council U.S. Department of Education Report
STEM Education Strategic Planning Needed to Better Manage Overlapping Programs across Multiple Agencies
Successful STEM Education: A Workshop Summary Most people share the vision that a highly capable STEM workforce and a population that understands and supports the scientific enterprise are key to the future place of the United States in global economics and politics and to the well-being of the nation.
Vision and Change (for undergraduate biology education) FINAL REPORT OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION