Tipo de publicación: Journal Article
Publicado en: CLEI Electronic Journal
Autores- Marín, Gabriela
- Barrantes, E Gabriela
- Chavarría, Silvia
Investigadores del CITIC asociados a la publicación
Dra. E. Gabriela Barrantes Sliesarieva
Dra. Gabriela Marín Raventós
Proyecto asociado a la publicación
Proyecto sombrilla
Low participation of women in Computer Science (CS) has been documented in some countries. Given thatthis phenomenon occurs at the Computer and Information Sciences Department at the Universidad de CostaRica, we decided to investigate if there were gender differences in some factors, both motivating andinhibiting students to enter the field. Our main purpose was to see if those differences could help findfactors influencing theimbalance of female participation. Both graduate and undergraduate populationswere investigated. It was found that there were differences by gender in both populations. As aconsequence of the knowledge of the discipline acquired during the permanence in the CS program andprofessional experience, both men and women change differently their perceptions.