Teachers respond functionally to student gender differences in a technology course

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-345

  Voyles, Martha M ^a   Fossum, Tim ^b   Haller, Susan ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science; Gender equity; Science, technology, and society (STS)

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMED LEGO ROBOTS; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY (STS); VIDEOTAPES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 41449083069     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20239     Document Type: Article

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