An examination of belongingness and confidence among female computer science students
An examination of belongingness and confidence among female computer science students
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计算机科学女学生归属感和自信的调查
DOI：
10.1145/2809957.2809960
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发表时间：
2015
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M. Sobel
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作者：
P. Sankar;J. Gilmartin;M. Sobel
作为本科计算机科学课程中为数不多的女性之一，孤独感促使主要作者Pooja Sankar创建了Piazza，这是一个为STEM学生提供的免费讨论工具。Piazza的研究人员最近完成了一项为期两年的对100多万名学生入学情况的详尽研究，发现今天许多女性计算机科学和STEM学生仍然存在孤立感，这表现在公开提问和回答课程相关问题的意愿存在可衡量的差距。与男性同龄人相比，女性STEM学生回答课程相关问题的可能性更小，更有可能使用匿名工具。学习人文、社会科学和商业的女大学生没有表现出同样的差距。本文回顾了这项研究的结果，以及相关的研究都在课堂上孤立的原因，以及潜在的解决方案，以解决它。
Feelings of isolation as one of few women in her undergraduate computer science program motivated lead author Pooja Sankar to create Piazza, a free discussion tool for STEM students. Piazza researchers recently completed an exhaustive study on more than 1 million student enrollments over a two-year period and found that feelings of isolation, as exhibited by a measurable gap in willingness to ask and answer course-related questions openly, persist among many female computer science and STEM students today. Female STEM students studied were both less likely to answer course-related questions and more likely to use an anonymity tool than their male peers. Undergraduate female students studying humanities, social sciences and business did not demonstrate the same gap. This paper reviews the findings of the study as well as related research both on the causes of isolation in the classroom as well as potential solutions to address it.