Gender differences in programming: research results and teachers' perception

Alexandra Funke; Marc Berges; Andreas Mühling; Peter Hubwieser

doi:10.1145/2828959.2828982

Gender differences in programming: research results and teachers' perception

Alexandra Funke
, Marc Berges
, Andreas Mühling
, Peter Hubwieser

Department of Computer Science

Technical University of Munich

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

22 Scopus citations

Abstract

Women are severely underrepresented in the field of computer science. Already in school gender differences in CS, especially in programming, are observable. To face this, we surveyed 63 computer science teachers on their experiences regarding these differences between female and male students. The results of the survey were matched with findings from recent literature. We identified that teachers have only a limited perspective on the inuences of gender on programming. Based on this results we are planning an intervention for computer science teachers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2015
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	161-162
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340205
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2828959.2828982
State	Published - 19 Nov 2015
Event	15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2015 - Koli, Finland Duration: 19 Nov 2015 → 22 Nov 2015

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume	19-22-Nov-2015

Conference

Conference	15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2015
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Koli
Period	19/11/15 → 22/11/15

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Computer science education
Gender
Motivation

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Funke, A., Berges, M., Mühling, A., & Hubwieser, P. (2015). Gender differences in programming: research results and teachers' perception. In Proceedings - 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2015 (pp. 161-162). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 19-22-Nov-2015). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2828959.2828982

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