Gender and Computer Use: Another Area of Inequity?
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| Title: | Gender and Computer Use: Another Area of Inequity? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Reinen, Ingeborg Janssen, Plomp, Tjeerd |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 1994 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Descriptors: | Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Females, Foreign Countries, International Studies, Males, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Technological Advancement |
| Abstract: | Data from the Computers in Education project (Comped) are used to study the state of the art with respect to gender and computer use in a number of countries. The Comped project of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), which was conducted in about 20 countries in 1989, involved over 70,000 students in 10 countries in 1992. A Functional Information Technology Test was given to students in the Comped study. Results indicate that the gender equity concerns of many educators, who fear computer use causes or preserves differences between male and female students, are well founded. Females know less about information technology, enjoy using computers less, and perceive more software problems than males. Sex of students is a factor with substantial influence on student achievement internationally. Possible causes for the differences and what might be done about them are outlined. One table and five figures illustrate the analyses. (Contains 10 references.) (SLD) |
| Entry Date: | 1995 |
| Accession Number: | ED376174 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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