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Wong, Billy – Computer Science Education, 2017
Computers and information technology are fast becoming a part of young people's everyday life. However, there remains a difference between the majority who can use computers and the minority who are computer scientists or professionals. Drawing on 32 semi-structured interviews with digitally skilled young people (aged 13-19), we explore their…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Semi Structured Interviews, Adolescents, Attitude Measures
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Downes, Toni; Looker, Dianne – Computer Science Education, 2011
This article explores factors that contribute to low participation rates in computing and information technology (CIT) courses in senior secondary school, particularly for females. Partly drawing on the Values-Expectancy Theory the following variables are explored separately and within a single model: gender, ability and values beliefs, access and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Student Attitudes, Females