There is a gap in the gender gap literature about this topic that is the main fucus of this study.

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Multiple empirical studies have investigated the differences in studying behaviors between male and female students within computer science education, examining factors such as study time, completion speed of assignments, and textbook usage.

Differences in Studying Behavior by Males and Females in Computer Science Education

The effect of spacing (one of desirable difficulties) on male and female students' study habits in computer science education

One finding in the research literature regarding students in STEM fields involves studying the demographics of computer science (CS) students and discovering that, even as the number of CS students increase over time, women in this field seem to be underrepresented in numbers. One research study looked into what differences there were between male and female CS students regarding their experience in studying computer science as well as why these differences might exist.

Studying the Gender Differences in Computer Science Students and Why They Exist

A study was done using a Python programming course at the University of Michigan in winter 2018, consisting mostly of students who do not have any experience with programming. 
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Females spend more time studying while males complete problem sets faster in a computer science course to achieve the same final exam scores. 

One research article proposed and implemented a study into the downward trend of female students going into the computer science major, meant to address concerns as to this underrepresentation of women in one of the major STEM fields. In order to fully understand the reason as to why this trend exists as well as how this problem of underrepresentation can be dealt with, this article discusses a study about the trends present in this gender gap within computer science education, as well as why male and female students study computer science in the first place.  

Women's Participation in Computer Science: A Gender Gap (Summary)

In an introductory CS course, Chinn et. al found that male and female students have different studying habits outside of class. Using a Likert-based survey questionnaire and regression analysis / Mann-Whitney U tests, the following trends were observed from their class (n=95):
- Of the total number of respondents, 81% were male, and 19% were female.
- Female students spent more time using the textbook than male students (1.5 hrs vs .9 hrs).
- Female students were more likely to work with other students (U=577.5, p<0.05).
- Female students found "lab solutions" less useful (U=663, P<0.05).
- Attendance, prior knowledge, confidence, course-resource usefulness, and expected grade showed no differences when comparing genders.

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