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Characterizations of Computing Careers: Students and Professionals Disagree.
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Clarke, Valerie A.; Teague, G. Joy – Computers & Education, 1996
Researchers studying attitudes toward computer careers interviewed 68 students in a university computer science course, 33 secondary school girls, and 19 women working professionally in computer-based careers. Both groups of students tended to stereotype computer-related careers as menial, isolating, and overly technical; this view differed…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Attitudes, Computer Science, Computer Science Education