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.
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.