Computers and girls: Rethinking the issues
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A perspective is developed about emerging sex differences in the use of computer technology in education and it is argued that sex differences emerge in relation to the functions computers serve and the organization of learning settings of which they are a part.
Abstract
A perspective is developed about emerging sex differences in the use of computer technology in education. Computers tend to be conceptually assimilated to the category of science/mathematics/technology, and thus acquire some of the traditional qualities of differentiated interest among boys and girls. Findings from several research projects are reported which point to patterns of difference in educational settings. It is argued that sex differences emerge in relation to the functions computers serve and the organization of learning settings of which they are a part.