Gender differences in learning styles: Nurturing a gender and style sensitive computer science classroom

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1090-1103

  Lau, Wilfred Wing Fat ^a   Yuen, Allan Hoi Kau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78650789829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1036     Document Type: Article

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