The influence of a game-making project on male and female learners' attitudes to computing

Computer Science Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-83

  Robertson, Judy ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

game authoring; gender; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877273095     PISSN: 08993408     EISSN: 17445175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2013.774155     Document Type: Article

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