Computer science issues in high school: Gender and more....

Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 278-282

  Gal Ezer, Judith ^a   Shahak, Daphna ^a   Zur, Ela ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer science; Education; Gender; High school

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; HI-TECH; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77049117020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1562877.1562963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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