Closing the gap: Women education and information technology courses in Australia

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Craig, Annemieke ^a   Fisher, Julie ^a   Scollary, Angela ^a   Singh, Mohini ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031649469     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(97)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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