Readings

This conference is designed to bring participants up to date on issues associated with Hispanic student success in STEM, particularly in California's school systems.

Required Readings:

• Please download and bring (digital or paper) the following NSF request for proposals. We will be discussing this at length as part of our collaborative writing project: NSF 18-524: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program)
  • This powerpoint pdf is a nice summary of the main points of the grant RFP.

These readings are recommended by our speakers:

• Moss-Racusin, C.A., J.F. Dovidio, V.L. Brescoll, M.J. Graham, and J. Handelsman. 2012. Science faculty’s subtle gender biases favor male students. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(41): 16474-16479. Link.
• Moss-Racusin CA, van der Toorn J, Dovidio JF, Brescoll VL, Graham MJ, Handelsman J. 2016. A “Scientific Diversity” Intervention to Reduce Gender Bias in a Sample of Life Scientists. CBE Life Sci Educ. 15(3). Link.
• Graham, M.J., J. Frederick, A. Byars-Winston, A.B. Hunter, and J. Handelsman. 2013. Increasing persistence of college students in STEM. Science. 341(6153): 1455-1456. Link.
• "A Framework for k-12 science education" chapters 3-8 (and the summary as an introduction). Downloadable from www.nap.edu
• Finding Your Workforce by Excelencia in Education
• Tinto, V. 2015. Through the eyes of students. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 1521025115621917. Link and pdf.
• (optional - purchase needed) : The Latino Student's Guide to STEM Careers by Laura I. Rendón (link for purchase)
• (Preprint) EASEing Students into College: The Impact of Multidimensional Support for Underprepared Students. Submitted 2017. Xu, D., Solanki, S., McPartlan, P., Sato, B. Link.
• Zirkel, S., Garcia, J. A., & Murphy, M. C. (2015). Experience-sampling research methods and their potential for education research. Educational Researcher, 44(1), 7-16. Link.
• Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological review, 95(2), 256. Link.
• Rendón, L. I., Nora, A., & Kanagala, V. (2014). Ventajas/assets y conocimientos/knowledge: Leveraging Latin@ strengths to foster student success. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Research and Policy in Education, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Link.