Pair-Programming Helps Female Computer Science Students

ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-

  Werner, Linda L ^a   McDowell, Charlie ^a   Hanks, Brian ^b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b Fort Lewis College Durango Colorado   (Mexico)

Author keywords

collaboration; Experimentation; gender; Human Factors; Pair programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLLABORATION; GENDER; PAIR PROGRAMMING; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 21244469841     PISSN: 15314278     EISSN: 15314278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1060071.1060075     Document Type: Article

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