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@Article{Sackrowitz:1996:UPF,
  author =       "Marian Gunsher Sackrowitz and Ann Parker Parelius",
  title =        "An unlevel playing field: women in the introductory
                 computer science courses",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "28",
  number =       "1",
  pages =        "37--41",
  month =        mar,
  year =         "1996",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/236462.236488",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sat Nov 17 18:57:32 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1990.bib",
  abstract =     "This study looks at students in introductory computer
                 science courses at two major universities in order to
                 understand some of the reasons behind the recent sharp
                 decline in the number of female computer science
                 majors. The study focuses on gender differences in
                 preparation and skills and the implications of these
                 differences on success in the introductory course. The
                 study showed that despite the proliferation of
                 computers in many areas of daily life, female students
                 still enter introductory computer science classes with
                 weaker programming skills and less involvement with
                 computers than their male counterparts. Prior
                 familiarity with programming concepts emerged as the
                 most useful predictor of success in the course and a
                 high level of success was difficult to achieve without
                 this prior knowledge. The mean grades were comparable
                 for men and women but the women were underrepresented
                 among the highest achievers. This study suggests that
                 the above factors combine to place women at a
                 disadvantage in introductory computer science classes
                 and that some adjustments to the pace and/or structure
                 of this course might be necessary to attract and retain
                 more women in the major.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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