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Gender Differences in Psychosocial Experiences with Humanoid Robots, Programming, and Mathematics Course

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HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Inclusion, Learning, and Culture (HCII 2021)

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Introduction: There is a gender imbalance in Computer science (CS) and STEM education and careers where males are more represented. With evolving technologies arising and the need for a more diverse workforce, it is important to identify factors that may cause females to be more prone to not persist in CS careers.

This study investigated gender differences and psychosocial perceptions of experiences in a CS education class.

Method: Twelve students were recruited to the study. Data on judgements of performance and psychosocial aspects of the course was collected (learning, difficulty, enjoyment).

Results: There were no significant differences between boys’ and girls’ perceptions of performance and experiences in the course. Females, however, reported small to medium effect sizes in experiencing more learning, more enjoyment and experienced more difficulties than boys in the course.

Conclusion: Future studies should control for gender differences in CS and STEM education. Same sex role models might influence experience and perceptions of performance, which can influence persistence of females in CS careers.

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This project was not funded. The authors thank the students and teachers for their participation in the research.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer, Norway

    Solveig Tilden

  2. Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway

    Ricardo G. Lugo & Benjamin J. Knox

  3. Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

    Ricardo G. Lugo, Karen Parish & Benjamin J. Knox

  4. Department of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway

    Karen Parish

  5. Department of Computer Science (IDI), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

    Deepti Mishra

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Tilden, S., Lugo, R.G., Parish, K., Mishra, D., Knox, B.J. (2021). Gender Differences in Psychosocial Experiences with Humanoid Robots, Programming, and Mathematics Course. In: Stephanidis, C., et al. HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Inclusion, Learning, and Culture. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13096. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90328-2_32

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