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Master, A., Cheryan, S., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2016). Computing whether she belongs: Stereotypes undermine girls’ interest and sense of belonging in computer science. Journal of educational psychology, 108(3), 424.
Master, Allison, Sapna Cheryan, and Andrew N. Meltzoff. "Computing whether she belongs: Stereotypes undermine girls’ interest and sense of belonging in computer science." Journal of educational psychology 108.3 (2016): 424.
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Computing whether she belongs: Stereotypes undermine girls' interest and sense of belonging in computer science.

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Cheryan, Master, Meltzoff

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Computer science has one of the largest gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. An important reason for this disparity is that girls are less likely than boys to enroll in necessary “pipeline courses,” such as introductory computer science. Two experiments investigated whether high-school girls' lower interest than boys in enrolling in computer science courses is influenced by stereotypes of the field. We further tested whether these stereotypes can be communicated by the physical classroom …

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