A Byte Is All We Need.

The article discusses efforts to attract and engage women students in computer science, programming, and engineering curricula. Gender differences in boys' and girls' familiarity and aptitude with computers and computer programming are identified and the author emphasizes the alleged importance of e...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 42 - 45
Autor principal:	Mitra, Ankita
Formato:	Opinion
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Jun2016
Materias:	Computer science education Computer engineering education Computers & women Computer programming education Video games & children Gender differences (Psychology)
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Sumario:	The article discusses efforts to attract and engage women students in computer science, programming, and engineering curricula. Gender differences in boys' and girls' familiarity and aptitude with computers and computer programming are identified and the author emphasizes the alleged importance of exposure to video games in the stimulation of interest in computers.