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Gender differences in programming: research results and teachers' perception

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Alexandra Funke,

Marc Berges,

Andreas Mühling,

Peter HubwieserAuthors Info & Claims

Koli Calling '15: Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research

Pages 161 - 162

https://doi.org/10.1145/2828959.2828982

Published: 19 November 2015 Publication History

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Women are severely underrepresented in the field of computer science. Already in school gender differences in CS, especially in programming, are observable. To face this, we surveyed 63 computer science teachers on their experiences regarding these differences between female and male students. The results of the survey were matched with findings from recent literature. We identified that teachers have only a limited perspective on the influences of gender on programming. Based on this results we are planning an intervention for computer science teachers.

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Gender differences in programming: research results and teachers' perception
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Koli Calling '15: Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research

November 2015

183 pages

ISBN:9781450340205

DOI:10.1145/2828959

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Aalto University, Finland
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Judy Sheard
Monash University, Australia

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