Underrepresentation of girls and women in computer science: Classification of 1990s research

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-202

  Dryburgh, Heather ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 0034551384     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8RYV-9JWH-XQMB-QF41     Document Type: Article

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