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Programming teaching tools and the gender gap in the Information Technology field

Author(s) -

Camille Braga,

Karina Mochetti

Publication year - 2018

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.5753/cbie.wie.2018.70

Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , field (mathematics) , computer science , gender diversity , computational thinking , information technology , multimedia , knowledge management , data science , sociology , artificial intelligence , management , corporate governance , pure mathematics , economics , operating system , mathematics , anthropology

The lack of participation of women in Information Technology is a worrying fact since diversity in any environment is vital for its evolution, especially in a field in which the role of users is changing and they have passed from consumers to producers. This study aims to analyze the reaction of boys and girls to an educational tool for teaching the basics of computer programming and computational thinking.

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