Gender difference trends in computer literacy of first-year students

SIGCSE 2007: 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 405-409

  Hoffman, Mark E ^a   Vance, David R ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer literacy; First year students; From whom learned; Gender; Skill level; Technology tasks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DSL; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER LITERACY; GENDER DIFFERENCE; INTERNET CONNECTIONS; TECHNOLOGY LEARNING;

HUMANITIES COMPUTING;

EID: 34748856697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1227310.1227452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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