Choosing computer science: Women at the start of the undergraduate pipeline

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1659-1669

  Yasuhara, Ken ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

GENDER BIAS; SELF-CONFIDENCE; UNDERGRADUATES; UNIVERSITIES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 22544477112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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