Girls in IT: The Facts
Girls in IT: The Facts, sponsored by NCWIT's K-12 Alliance, is a synthesis of the existing literature on increasing girls’ participation in computing. It aims to bring together this latest research so that readers can gain a clearer and more coherent picture of 1) the current state of affairs for girls in computing, 2) the key barriers to increasing girls’ participation in these fields, and 3) promising practices for addressing these barriers.
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Section 1: Girls in IT: What is the current state of affairs?
- Percentage of Students Reporting Computer Coursework/Experience in High School, 1999-2011 (p. 12 of report)
- Female Percentage of Participants, Intel Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), 1999-2011 (p. 13 of report)
- Number of Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Test-takers by Gender, 1999-2011 (p. 14 of report)
- Percentage of American Freshmen Intending to Major in Computer Science: A Longitudinal Look, 1989-2011 (p. 14 of report)
- Female Percentage of Select STEM Undergraduate Degree Recipients: A Longitudinal Look (p. 15 of report)
- Female Percentage of Computing Post-secondary Degrees 1998-2010 (p. 16 of report)
Section 2: Identifying Barriers: Why the current state of affairs?
- Percentage of Girls Who Agree to Having Interest in Some Aspects of STEM and Computing (p. 32 of report)
- Percentage of Girls Interested in Pursuing Computing vs. Other Selected Careers (p. 33 of report)
- Reasons for Choosing a Computing Major, by Sex (p. 37 of report)
- Important Career Characteristics, by Sex (p. 38 of report)
- Important Career Characteristics, by Race/Ethnicity (p. 38 of report)
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Release Date: November 30, 2012
Audience(s): K-12
Short URL:www.ncwit.org/thefactsgirls
Type(s): Statistics & Reports
