Using Departmental Surveys to Assess Computing Culture: Quantifying Gender Differences in the Classroom

Proceedings of the Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiSCE)

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages 188-192

  Meeden, Lisa ^a   Newhall, Tia ^a   Blank, Doug ^b   Kumar, Deepak ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom Culture; Computer Science Education; Gender Issues

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM CULTURE; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; GENDER ISSUES; COMPUTING CULTURE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 1542377637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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