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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 43 , Issue 1 (January 2000) table of contents

Pages: 42 - 49

Year of Publication: 2000

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Cecilia M. Gorriz	SRI Consulting, Menlo Park, CA
Claudia Medina	Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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	Randy J. Pagulayan , Kevin Keeker , Dennis Wixon , Ramon L. Romero , Thomas Fuller, User-centered design in games, The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging applications, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, 2002
	Katrin Becker, Teaching with games: the Minesweeper and Asteroids experience, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, v.17 n.2, p.23-33, December 2001
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	Francesco Bellotti , Riccardo Berta , Alessandro De Gloria , Edmondo Ferretti , Massimiliano Margarone, VeGame: Exploring Art and History in Venice, Computer, v.36 n.9, p.48-55, September 2003
	Maria Klawe, Girls, boys, and computers, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.34 n.2, June 2002
	Chuck Huff, Gender, software design, and occupational equity, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.34 n.2, June 2002
	Lisa M. Olivieri, High school environments and girls' interest in computer science, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.37 n.2, June 2005
	Guttorm Sindre , Steinar Line , Ottar V. Valvåg, Positive experiences with an open project assignment in an introductory programming course, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, May 03-10, 2003, Portland, Oregon
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	A. T. Chamillard, Introductory game creation: no programming required, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.38 n.1, March 2006
	Sarah E. Walter , Karin Forssell , Brigid Barron , Caitlin Martin, Continuing motivation for game design, CHI '07 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 28-May 03, 2007, San Jose, CA, USA
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	Betsy James DiSalvo , Amy Bruckman, Questioning video games' influence on CS interest, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games, April 26-30, 2009, Orlando, Florida

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION

Additional Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
Subjects: Human factors

K. Computing Milieux
K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
K.8 PERSONAL COMPUTING
K.8.0 General
Subjects: Games

General Terms:
Design, Economics

REVIEW

"Kent Campbell : Reviewer"

The number of women graduating with bachelor's degrees in computer science has dropped over the last ten years. Gorriz and Medina acknowledge that this loss of interest in computer science among young women probably stems from a number of fact more...

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