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"RISE IT for Social Good": An Experimental Investigation of Context to Improve Programming Skills

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I. Dissanayake,

R. T. BedeleyAuthors Info & Claims

SIGMIS-CPR '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research

Pages 49 - 52

https://doi.org/10.1145/3084381.3084415

Published: 21 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Despite increases in female labor force participation, Information Technology (IT) remains heavily male-dominated field. Given the rapid growth in IT career opportunities, it is important find ways to increase the IT female talent pipeline. As a solution that might help mitigate the problem, we proposed the "RISE IT for Social Good" project to examine possible pedagogical interventions to improve the experience female students have in programming. Specifically, this paper uses experimental method to examine whether context plays a role on enhancing female students' performance in IT related tasks.

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"RISE IT for Social Good": An Experimental Investigation of Context to Improve Programming Skills
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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SIGMIS-CPR '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research

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ISBN:9781450350372

DOI:10.1145/3084381

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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
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University of Waikato, New Zealand
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Lillywhite AWolbring G(2020)Coverage of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning within Academic Literature, Canadian Newspapers, and Twitter Tweets: The Case of Disabled PeopleSocieties10.3390/soc1001002310:1(23)Online publication date: 27-Feb-2020
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