Gender, communication and comfort level in higher level computer science education - Case study

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 13-18

  Paloheimo, Aura ^a   Stenman, Jenni ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comfort level; Gender distribution; Loss of potential employees in IT sector; Performance

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

COMFORT LEVEL; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER DISTRIBUTION; PERFORMANCE; TRAINING SESSIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 48749127277     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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