Publications Archive (Keywords)
Research-Practice Partnership Strategies to Conduct and Use Research to Inform PracticeThis study examines the collaborative processes that CAFÉCS uses to conduct and use research.
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Apr 2021 |
Policy window in a pandemic: How a computer science RPP fostered equity in credit recoveryWe applied theories of the policy making process to explain how the COVID-19 pandemic opened a policy window that allowed the use of synchronous online instruction during the implementation of equity-centered, online computer science credit recovery.
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Apr 2021 |
Using Rasch Analysis for Determining the Cut Score of a Computer Science Placement ExamIn this paper, we present the development and validation of a placement exam for computer science in the Chicago Public Schools.
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Apr 2021 |
Entrepreneurship, Federalism, and Chicago: Setting the Computer Science Agenda at the Local and National LevelsThis AERA paper provides a preliminary report on how local and national policy entrepreneurs created an environment that was favorable to the landmark decision by the Chicago Public Schools to enact a computer science graduation requirement.
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Jun 2020 |
Research Methods for Reaching Urban Students from Groups Underrepresented in STEM DisciplinesThis book chapter charts lessons learned from the CAFÉCS partnership and recommends strategies for conducting research in urban settings.
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Sep 2019 |
An Examination of Factors Correlating with Course Failure in a High School Computer Science CourseThis paper examines the importance of professional development and teacher experience in supporting student success in the Exploring Computer Science curriculum.
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Aug 2018 |
Equal Outcomes 4 All: A Study of Student Learning in ECSThis study investigated patterns in the development of computational thinking practices in the context of the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) program, a high school introductory CS course and professional development program.
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Feb 2018 |