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Direct linkAllison Master; Taylor Alexander; Jennifer Thompson; Weihua Fan; Andrew N. Meltzoff; Sapna Cheryan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2025
Motivating girls to enroll in computer science (CS) courses is critically important. Stereotypes that girls are less interested than boys in CS may deter girls. Three preregistered experimental studies (N = 1,053) examined causal links between gender-interest stereotypes and middle school students' CS motivation. Experiment 1 showed that…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Middle School Students, Computer Science Education
