Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science (2008)
by
Rita M. Powell
,
Rita Manco Powell
| Venue: | In Proc. of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education |
| Citations: | 4 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Powell08improvingthe,
author = {Rita M. Powell and Rita Manco Powell},
title = {Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science},
booktitle = {In Proc. of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education},
year = {2008},
pages = {518--522}
}
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Abstract
This paper describes a study of undergraduate women’s retention in the first-year of the computer science major at the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of identifying the underlying issues responsible for attrition. The subsequent steps taken by the faculty to improve women’s retention is also discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors
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