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ERIC Number: EJ1471738
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1055-3096
EISSN: EISSN-2574-3872
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Gender and Student Performance in STEM-Designated Information Systems Courses
Narasimha S. Paravastu
Journal of Information Systems Education, v36 n2 166-179 2025
This study tested gender-based differences in performance of students in science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) Information Systems (IS) courses. Data collected from 94 STEM-designated information systems courses (STEM-IS) courses and 2,189 students over a 9-year period were analyzed using ANOVA. This study tested for differences in performances for all the subclassifications and combinations of the sample such as gender-based differences by course type (technical vs. conceptual) and by course level (graduate vs. undergraduate). The results indicate that female students in STEM-IS courses performed better overall, as well as in all the sub-classifications by course type, undergraduate and graduate course levels, and technical and conceptual course types than the male students. The statistical analysis was followed up with a post hoc analysis of structured interviews of faculty and students in STEM-IS courses to corroborate the results obtained from ANOVA. The importance and implications of the results are discussed.
Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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