Attracting Women to the CS Major.

The authors of this article state that the growing gender divide in computer science is one of the more perplexing phenomena on college campuses today, especially considering the rising number of high school girls taking advanced science and math courses. Much of the research on this issue focuses o...

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Publicado en:Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 126 - 141
Autores principales: Tillberg, Heather K., Cohoon, J. McGrath
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Nebraska Press 2005
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