Pensamiento computacional y géneroun estudio observacional

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to study the effect of gen- der on the perception and development of the compu- tational thinking capabilities of first year university students. An observational study was conducted in which 79 students of Psychology at the UCAM we- re measured with respect to both their computational thinking objective capabilities and their subjective per- ception regarding those same capabilities. During the data analysis, two t-tests for independent samples we- re applied. The results show that there are statistically significant differences between males and females re- garding their auto-perception of computational effi- cacy. Such differences are not supported by statistically significant differences in objective performance. The- se results suggest the necessity to increase awareness among female students of this fact in order to increa- se their engagement in computational challenges that further train their ability during their education.