Gender and computing: Not the same old problem

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-89

  Clegg, Sue ^a   Trayhurn, Deborah ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039600505     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014119200109525     Document Type: Article

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