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Alicia Garcia-Holgado; Andrea Vazquez-Ingelmo; Francisco Jose Garcia-Penalvo – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: Gender mainstreaming in university teaching should be covered in all the knowledge areas. This work successfully introduces the gender perspective as part of the methodological approach to teaching and learning in Computer Science. Background: This study describes how gender mainstreaming has been introduced and matured during six…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Inclusion
Oscar Navarro – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a significant gap in the number of women who go into college as computer science majors and decide to pursue the field in the workforce. There are challenges present for female students since the start of their education that their male counterparts do not face, which ultimately contributes to this gender gap. Such challenges include a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Computer Science Education, Gender Issues
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Anastasia M. Schauer; Jessie Liu; Christopher Saldaña; Katherine Fu – International Journal of STEM Education, 2025
Background: Even among women who persist in the gender-imbalanced engineering fields, women on engineering design teams tend to take on non-technical roles. Understanding the mechanisms that inform this phenomenon is important for encouraging more women in STEM in order to close the gender gap. Although factors such as self-efficacy, task…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Engineering Education, Gender Issues, Design
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Jue Wu; David H. Uttal – Science Education, 2024
The gender imbalance in computer science (CS) is one of the most challenging issues in American education. CS is the only science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field in which women's representation has steadily declined in recent decades. In this study, we explored one potential approach that could be effective in increasing…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Computer Science, Females, STEM Education
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Jennifer M. Blaney; Sarah L. Rodriguez; Amanda R. Stevens – Community College Review, 2024
Objective: Community college transfer pathways are critical for advancing gender equity in STEM. Yet, community college students are often ignored within studies of women's participation in undergraduate computing. In a first effort to address this gap in the literature, this paper explores the composition of transfer-intending computing students…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Females, Sex Fairness, STEM Education
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Ottemo, Andreas; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T. – Gender and Education, 2021
Physics- and computer-related disciplines are strongly male dominated in Western higher education. Feminist research has demonstrated how this can be understood as reflecting a strong privileging of mind and rationality (over body/nature/emotions) in these disciplines, which harmonises with broader notions of masculinity as transcendental and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Science Education, Gender Bias
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Spieler, Bernadette; Grandl, Maria; Ebner, Martin; Slany, Wolfgang – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
Knowledge in Computer Science (CS) is essential, and companies have increased their demands for CS professionals. Despite this, many jobs remain vacant. Furthermore, computational thinking (CT) skills are required in all contexts of problem solving. A further serious problem arises from the gender disparity in technology related fields. Even if…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Online Courses, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
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Villa, Elsa Q.; Wandermurem, Luciene; Hampton, Elaine M.; Esquinca, Alberto – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Less than 20% of undergraduates earning a degree in engineering are women, and even more alarming is minority women earn a mere 3.1% of those degrees. This paper reports on a qualitative study examining Latinas' identity development toward and in undergraduate engineering and computer science studies using a sociocultural theory of learning. Three…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Hispanic American Students, Qualitative Research
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Mirjana, Ivanovic; Zoran, Putnik; Anja, Sisarica; Zoran, Budimac – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This paper reports on progress and conclusions of two-year research of gender issues in studying computer science at Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad. Using statistics on data gathered by a survey, the work presented here focused on identifying, understanding, and correlating both female and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Computer Science
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Dickey, Michele D. – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2010
With the rising popularity of digital games, a growing number of universities are developing programmes in various areas of digital design and interactive media to meet the needs for game-related courses. Faculty of this emerging field are grappling with the complexity of developing curricula which integrate art, design and technology and of…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Multimedia Materials, Computers
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Barker, L. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2009
Undergraduate research experiences are promoted and funded for their potential in increasing students' likelihood of pursuing graduate degrees, increasing their confidence, and expanding their awareness of their discipline and career opportunities. These outcomes, however, depend on the social, organizational, and intellectual conditions under…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Computer Science, Comparative Analysis
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Hanks, Brian; Fitzgerald, Sue; McCauley, Renee; Murphy, Laurie; Zander, Carol – Computer Science Education, 2011
This article provides a review of educational research literature focused on pair programming in the undergraduate computer science curriculum. Research suggests that the benefits of pair programming include increased success rates in introductory courses, increased retention in the major, higher quality software, higher student confidence in…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Educational Research, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning
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Woszczynski, Amy B.; Shade, Sherri – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
Much prior research has examined the dearth of women in the IT industry. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of women in IT within the context of information security and assurance. This paper describes results from a study of a relatively new career path to see if there are female-friendly opportunities that have not existed…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Security, Gender Bias, Disproportionate Representation
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Tsagala, Evrikleia; Kordaki, Maria – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2008
This study focuses on how Computer Science and Engineering Students (CSESs) of both genders address certain critical issues for gender differences in the field of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). This case study is based on research conducted on a sample of 99 Greek CSESs, 43 of which were women. More specifically, these students were asked…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Engineering Education, College Students, Gender Differences
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Huynh, Minh Q.; Lee, Jae-Nam; Schuldt, Barbara A. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
There is little doubt that the advent of collaborative technologies in recent years has brought some significant changes in the way students learn, communicate, and interact with one another. In recent years, this emergence has sparked increased interest for research into the role and impact of instructional technologies on group learning. Despite…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Learning Processes, Sex Fairness, Gender Issues