State-of-the-art review on current approaches to female inclusiveness in software engineering and computer science in higher education

Y Kovaleva, J Kasurinen, E Kindsiko… - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software engineering (SE) and computer science (CS) programs in universities worldwide
are marked by a gender gap, which subsequently translates into a gender gap at the …

Designing gender-neutral software engineering program. stereotypes, social pressure, and current attitudes based on recent studies

Y Kovaleva, A Happonen, E Kindsiko - … of the Third Workshop on Gender …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The research focuses on designing gender-neutral Software Engineering programs as a tool
to reach gender balance in this domain. There is a general lack of female students and …

Inequitable interactions: A critical quantitative analysis of mentorship and psychosocial development within computing graduate school pathways

AM Wofford - AERA Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Mentorship is vital to increasing graduate school access in computing; however, mentorship
must be structured in power-conscious, developmental ways to ensure equitable access to …

A study on the blended learning effects on students majoring in preschool education in the post-pandemic era: An example of a research-method course in a Chinese …

W Nong, JH Ye, P Chen, YS Lee - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The world has gradually entered the post-pandemic era. Although the pandemic has been
slowing down, it still has a strong impact on the education scene. Thus, how to provide …

The tech trajectory: Examining the role of college environments in sha** students' interest in computing careers

KL George, LJ Sax, AM Wofford, S Sundar - Research in Higher Education, 2022 - Springer
Computing career opportunities are increasing across all sectors of the US economy, yet
there remains a serious shortage of college graduates to fill these jobs. This problem has …

We want you back: Uncovering the effects on in-person instructional operations in fall 2020

DA Collier, D Fitzpatrick, M Dell, SS Snideman… - Research in Higher …, 2022 - Springer
Postsecondary institutions' responses to COVID-19 are a topic of immediate relevance.
Emergent research suggests that partisanship was more strongly linked to institutions …

Advancing equity in graduate pathways: Examining the factors that sustain and develop computing graduate aspirations

AM Wofford, LJ Sax, KL George… - The Journal of Higher …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In light of the need to both grow and diversify graduate enrollments in computing fields, this
quantitative study examined variables associated with students' initial aspirations for …

Redefining computational thinking: Synergizing unplugged activities with block-based programming

B Batni, SN Junaini - Education and Information Technologies, 2025 - Springer
In the dynamic educational context of Malaysia, this study examines the impact of integrating
Unplugged Activities (UA) with Block-Based Programming (BBP) on improving the …

Exploring how faculty apply professional legitimacy when advising students about graduate education

DJ Nguyen, AE Blalock - The Journal of Higher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Legitimacy has been used to understand institutional and faculty behaviors within higher
education contexts. Faculty members frequently apply the concept of professional legitimacy …

Funds of science identity: Toward an asset-based framework for undergraduate STEM research and praxis

AM Wofford, JA Gutzwa - Journal of Women and Minorities in …, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com
Scholars have employed a variety of theoretical perspectives to explore the identity
development of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) …