An unlevel playing field: Women in the introductory computer science courses

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Sackrowitz, Marian Gunsher ^a   Parelius, Ann Parker ^b  

^a Middlesex County College   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 4243103080     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/236462.236488     Document Type: Article

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