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Peer reviewedBishop-Clark, Cathy – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Presents a model that suggests the cognitive style and personality traits that are likely to affect programming stages and empirically investigates 1 portion of that model with 192 college students. Correlations between results from the Group Embedded Figures Test and design and coding tasks are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedBunderson, Eileen D.; Christensen, Mary Elizabeth – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Discusses a survey conducted to understand the gender imbalance and high level of female attrition in computer science. Suggests that factors influencing the rate of attrition are lack of previous experience with computers, gender-biased attitudes and behavior, interactions with other computer science students, and the nature of computer science…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Computer Science Education, Females
