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Want more girls to be interested in computer science? Change some classroom stereotypes

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imageDo the current stereotypes keep women from entering computer science?marleighnorton, CC BY-NC

Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have?

Chances are that you imagined someone who is: male, white or Asian...

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