SMASH Impact Report 2016
The SMASH Impact Report 2016 and its Executive Summary provide a yearly in-depth and rigorous evaluation of the Summer Math and Science Honors Academy (SMASH).... Read More
Do Computer Science Exposure Activities Increase Pursuit of Computer Science Higher Education for Underrepresented Groups?
The Kapor Center for Social Impact Tech Inclusion Research Team presented the findings of a study on the longitudinal results of computer science exposure activities... Read More
Computer Science in California’s Public Schools: 2016 AP CS Results and Implications
The Kapor Center for Social Impact and the Alliance for California Computing Education for Students and Schools (ACCESS) released a policy brief detailing disparities in... Read More
Enhancing Participation in Computer Science among Girls of Color: An Examination of a Preparatory AP Computer Science Intervention
The Kapor Center for Social Impact research team produced a chapter of an IGI Global book slated for publication in 2017: “Moving Students of Color... Read More
Broadening Participation in Computer Science: Existing Out-of-School Initiatives and a Case Study
This article, which appeared in the November issue of the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) publication Inroads, outlines the types of interventions designed to increase equity... Read More
Engaging Underrepresented Students in Computer Science
LPFI, the Kapor Center for Social Impact, and colleagues from UC Berkeley and El Camino College presented strategies for engaging underrepresented students of color in... Read More
Examining the Impact of a Culturally Responsive Out-of-School Computer Science Intervention for Underrepresented High School Students
This study, funded generously by the National Science Foundation, outlines the impact of short-term, culturally responsive computer science program for underrepresented youth of color. Chief... Read More
Influence and Motivation in STEM Among Underrepresented High School Students of Color
Presented at the 2016 American Education Research Association (AERA) Conference in Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2016), this qualitative study examined the differing ways that boys and... Read More
CSTA Voice – Equity in CS: From Exposure to Entrepreneurship
LPFI and colleagues from UC Berkeley’s Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) course, now part of the SMASH Computer Science curriculum, partnered to publish a summary... Read More
Computer Science Access for Students of Color: Disparities and Opportunities
This presentation, given to the 2015 California Department of Education STEM Symposium in San Diego, CA (October 29, 2015), explored disparities in Computer Science course... Read More