Impediments to good computing practice: Some gender issues

Computers and Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-259

  Lee, Kar Tin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0013315896     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(97)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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