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Du, Jie; Wimmer, Hayden – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
Computer programmers in the U.S. labor force are facing a shortage. Focusing on recruiting females has the potential to address this shortage. Computing is a male dominated field which provides an opportunity to recruit the other 50% of the population, females, to fill the open positions. This work studies gender differences in computer…
Descriptors: Programming, Females, Gender Differences, Disproportionate Representation
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Vieira, Camilo; Magana, Alejandra J.; Falk, Michael L.; Garcia, R. Edwin – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2017
This article presents two case studies aimed at exploring the use of self-explanations in the context of computational science and engineering (CSE) education. The self-explanations were elicited as students' in-code comments of a set of worked-examples, and the cases involved two different approaches to CSE education: glass box and black box. The…
Descriptors: Programming, Student Attitudes, Comprehension, Computer Science Education