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Profiel informatie (NL)
Shirley de Wit is een PhD student bij Centre for Education and Learning (CEL). Met haar onderzoek wil ze bijdragen aan meer (kennis over) vrouwen in de informatica. Denk hierbij aan het onderzoeken welke stereotiepe beelden kinderen hebben over programmeurs en welke kinderen interesse hebben informatica.
Research profile
Shirley de Wit is a PhD student at Centre for Education and Learning (CEL). With her research she wants to contribute to more (knowledge on) women in Computer Science. Her works includes research on stereotypical images children hold about programmers and which children are interested in the field of Computer Science.
Research interests
Gender and Computer Science Education
Onderzoeksinteresses (NL)
Gender en Computer Science Educatie
Keywords (LCC)
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Impostor Phenomenon in the Global Computing Graduate Student Population
Pechenik, C., Zavaleta Bernuy, A., Shah, S. M., De Wit, S., Kolog, E. A., Karnalim, O., Farghally, M., Suárez, C. A., Parkinson, J. & More Authors, 2025, CompEd 2025 - Proceedings of the ACM Global Computing Education Conference 2025. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 322-331 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Gender Differences in Story, Game and Visual Adventures in Hedy
de Wit, S., Hermans, F., Specht, M. & Aivaloglou, E., 2024, SPLASH-E 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on SPLASH-E, Co-located with: SPLASH 2024. Hermans, F. & Bohrer, R. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-11 11 p. (SPLASH-E 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on SPLASH-E, Co-located with: SPLASH 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Children's Interest in a CS Career: Exploring Age, Gender, Computer Interests, Programming Experience and Stereotypes
De Wit, S., Hermans, F., Specht, M. & Aivaloglou, E., 2023, ICER 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research V.1. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 245-255 11 p. (ICER 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research V.1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Exploring the Effects of the Hedy User Interface on the Development of CS Interest in Girls
de Wit, S., Hermans, F., Specht, M. M. & Aivaloglou, E. A., 2023. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Scientific
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Children’s Implicit and Explicit Stereotypes on the Gender, Social Skills, and Interests of a Computer Scientist
de Wit, S., Hermans, F. & Aivaloglou, E. A., 16 Aug 2021, ICER 2021 - Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 239-251 13 p. (ICER 2021 - Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Datasets
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Dataset for paper Children’s implicit and explicit stereotypes on the gender, social skills, and interests of a computer scientist
de Wit, S. (Creator), Aivaloglou, E. (Creator) & Hermans, F. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 26 May 2025
DOI: 10.4121/08C32C1D-9C9D-40E4-A012-65BD4EC9A063
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Scripts for paper Gender Differences in Story, Game and Visual Adventures in Hedy
de Wit, S. (Creator), Aivaloglou, E. (Creator), Hermans, F. (Creator) & Specht, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 26 May 2025
DOI: 10.4121/0BEFF5EF-C70E-46D3-B796-9682598C0E1F
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Dataset for paper Children’s Interest in a CS Career: Exploring Age, Gender, Computer Interests, Programming Experience and Stereotypes
de Wit, S. (Creator), Aivaloglou, E. (Creator), Hermans, F. (Creator) & Specht, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 26 May 2025
DOI: 10.4121/27A0A5C3-30CC-461B-8109-BFBA686996AB
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Dataset for paper Gender, Social Interactions and Interests of Characters Illustrated in Scratch and Python Programming Books for Children
de Wit, S. (Creator), Aivaloglou, E. (Creator), Hermans, F. (Creator) & Specht, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 26 May 2025
DOI: 10.4121/B972F14E-0B4C-457D-8796-389A9DB2A496
Dataset/Software: Dataset
Prizes
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DEWIS Young Scientist Award 2025
de Wit, S. (Recipient), 15 Jan 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Twee EWI-onderzoekers onderscheiden met DEWIS Awards voor bijdragen aan diversiteit en inclusie
15/01/25
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement