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Direct linkAllison Master; Taylor Alexander; Jennifer Thompson; Weihua Fan; Andrew N. Meltzoff; Sapna Cheryan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2025
Motivating girls to enroll in computer science (CS) courses is critically important. Stereotypes that girls are less interested than boys in CS may deter girls. Three preregistered experimental studies (N = 1,053) examined causal links between gender-interest stereotypes and middle school students' CS motivation. Experiment 1 showed that…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Middle School Students, Computer Science Education
Lisa Fox – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Women are underrepresented in the field of computer science. The presence of female computer scientists has changed over time, with a downward trend in the past few decades, with only 18% of women compared to men earning their degrees in computer science. Increasing the numbers of female students who pursue computer science not only will lead to…
Descriptors: Influences, Middle School Students, Student Interests, Computer Science
