NDLI: Does Gender Matter? Women Talk about Being Female in College Computing Classes

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Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Lyon, Louise Ann Denner, Jill Werner, Linda
Abstract	A widely held belief among researchers and educators is that gender stereotypes keep women from pursuing IT---that a female identity is inconsistent with a positive computer science identity. As a result, many interventions aim to raise awareness about gender discrimination and bias, and online and school- and community-based groups offer support and mentoring for girls and women. However, not all female students use a gender lens to interpret their experience. In this paper, we use data from 70 women taking an introductory computer science class at either a university or community college to describe the different ways they think about how being female affects their interest or experience in computing classes. We use the findings to explore the conditions under which using a gender lens will undermine or enhance efforts to increase women's participation in computing fields.
Starting Page	44
Ending Page	48
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450335966
DOI	10.1145/2807565.2807712
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2015-04-24
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	College Gender Identity
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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Does Gender Matter? Women Talk about Being Female in College Computing Classes