Course Selection in Computer Science: Gender Differences

Gender Differences and Achievement in Computer Science: a Case Study

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between gender and achievement in the various subjects of CS. For this reason, the degrees (89 degrees) of all graduate students who enrolled from 2002 to 2008 (a 6-year period of graduation) at the Department of CS and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Greece were studied. To this end, the grades of these students in both compulsory...

Gender Differences and Achievement in Computer Science and Engineering

This study focuses on gender differences at University level of education regarding with Computer Science and Engineering (CS&E). For this reason, 1957 diplomas of Computer Engineers were studied. These diplomas have been taken through a 21 year period of time at the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department (CEID), University of Patras, Greece. In particular, the data of these diplomas w...

Gender differences in learning styles: Nurturing a gender and style sensitive computer science classroom

The gender digital divide has been widely discussed and researched over the years. Previous studies have focused on a number of factors such as computer attitude, computer anxiety, computer self-efficacy, and computer experience. This study empirically tested the sensitivity of a learning style instrument, the Gregorc Style Delineator (GSD), to gender in a sample of students who studied compute...

Do Gender Differences in Perceived Prototypical Computer Scientists and Engineers Contribute to Gender Gaps in Computer Science and Engineering?

Women are vastly underrepresented in the fields of computer science and engineering (CS&E). We examined whether women might view the intellectual characteristics of prototypical individuals in CS&E in more stereotype-consistent ways than men might and, consequently, show less interest in CS&E. We asked 269 U.S. college students (187, 69.5% women) to describe the prototypical computer scientist ...

Gender and Computer Science Education