Programmers: Concrete women and abstract men?

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 386-395

  McKenna, Peter ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract; Concrete; Gender; Learning styles; Programming; Questionnaire; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540943     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2001.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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