The girls creating games program: Strategies for engaging middle-school girls in information technology

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-98

  Denner, Jill ^a   Werner, Linda ^a   Bean, Steve ^a   Campe, Shannon ^a  

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EID: 21144457805     PISSN: 01609009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/fro.2005.0008     Document Type: Review

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