Once she makes it, she's there!: A case study

Computer Science Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-29

  Gal Ezer, Judith ^a   Vilner, Tamar ^a   Zur, Ela ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cs; Female retention; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862327321     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993400701819504     Document Type: Article

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