2007
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706063788
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The Strength of Numbers

Abstract: This paper investigates four different inclusion strategies used to recruit women to computer science: achieving a critical mass, educational reform, redefining the gendered symbolism of computer science and changing the content of the discipline. The relationship between and the relative importance of these four strategies are explored by looking at the extensive and successful Women and Computing Initiative (WCI) that was run by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), starting in 1996, to … Show more

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“…Good teaching can ease entry into a field [Lagesen 2007], but can also ensure that good students are pushed toward top performance. Specifically, females have been shown to benefit from problem-based learning [Lewis et al 2006], peer support and interaction among classmates [Cohoon 2002], and group work [Vilner and Zur 2006].…”
Section: Pedagogymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Good teaching can ease entry into a field [Lagesen 2007], but can also ensure that good students are pushed toward top performance. Specifically, females have been shown to benefit from problem-based learning [Lewis et al 2006], peer support and interaction among classmates [Cohoon 2002], and group work [Vilner and Zur 2006].…”
Section: Pedagogymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies on gender in engineering have discussed the people-things divide that seems to be so important in the making of engineering identities (Faulkner, 2001, 2007, Lagesen, 2007. This study shows how this divide is established already in the program catalogues, when describing the area of study for presumptive students.…”
Section: Gendered Descriptions In the University Cataloguesmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…There have been several studies addressing the gender issue in Computer Science. Lagesen describes CS as the STEM field that has excluded women [12]. Putnik et al in [13] present data from Yugoslavia, comparing gender ratios and observing a higher number of men compared to women.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%