Recruiting Middle School Girls Into It: Data On Girls’ Perceptions And Experiences From A Mixed Demographic Group

Citation

Barker, L., Snow, E., Weston, T., & Garvin-Doxas, K. (2006). Recruiting middle school girls into IT: Data on girls’ perceptions and experiences from a mixed demographic group. In B. Aspray and J. Cohoon’s (Eds.), Women and information technology: Research on underrepresentation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Literature Review, Research on Recruiting, Research on Career Aspirations, Research Method, Findings, Discussion and Implications, Conclusion, Notes.


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