High school students' perceptions of information technology skills and careers

Journal of Industrial Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Gupta, Uma G ^a   Houtz, Lynne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Science; Curriculum; Information Technology; Research; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION OF COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM); CLASSROOM EDUCATION; COMPUTER CAREERS;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAGES; WORD PROCESSING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3242815392     PISSN: 08826404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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