document: Girls , boys , and computers Today North American girls , boys , teachers , and parents frequently regard computer science and programming as something boys are better at . The author considers how many of the factors that contribute to the low participation of women in computing occur first , and perhaps most forcefully , in childhood . She presents four recommendations to address the situation
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extractive_keyphrases: girls teachers computer science programming women childhood boys
abstractive_keyphrases: gender issues