Gender Differences in Programming: Research Results and Teachers' Perception

Funke A, Berges MP, Mühling A, Hubwieser P (2015)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2015

Publisher: ACM Press

City/Town: New York

Pages Range: 161--162

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research

ISBN: 978-1-4503-4020-5

DOI: 10.1145/2828959.2828982

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 influences of gender on programming. Based on this results we are planning an intervention for computer science teachers.

Authors with CRIS profile

Marc-Pascal Berges Professorship for Computer Science Education

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Funke, A., Berges, M.-P., Mühling, A., & Hubwieser, P. (2015). Gender Differences in Programming: Research Results and Teachers' Perception. In Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research (pp. 161--162). New York: ACM Press.

MLA:

Funke, Alexandra, et al. "Gender Differences in Programming: Research Results and Teachers' Perception." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 15th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research New York: ACM Press, 2015. 161--162.

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