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Viewing video-taped role models improves female attitudes toward computer science

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 28, Issue 1

Pages 42 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1145/236462.236491

Published: 01 March 1996 Publication History

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 28, Issue 1

March 1996

379 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/236462

Chairmen:
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ.,Hempstead,NY
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Elizabeth Adams
Richard Stockton College,NJ
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Karl J. Klee
Jamestown Community College,Jamestown,NY

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SIGCSE '96: Proceedings of the twenty-seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1996
447 pages
ISBN:089791757X
DOI:10.1145/236452
Chairmen:
John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ.,Hempstead,NY
,
Elizabeth Adams
Richard Stockton College,NJ
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Editor:
Karl J. Klee
Jamestown Community College,Jamestown,NY

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