A Statewide survey on computing education pathways and influences: Factors in broadening participation in computing

ICER'12 - Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-150

  Guzdial, Mark ^a   Ericson, Barbara J ^a   McKlin, Tom ^b   Engelman, Shelly ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Findings Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Broadening participation; Education pathways; Statewide assessment education pipeline; Under represented minorities; Women

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; BROADENING PARTICIPATION; BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING; COMPUTING EDUCATION; GEORGIA; SINGLE STATE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; WOMEN;

SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84867379871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2361276.2361304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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