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Gressard, Clarice P.; Loyd, Brenda H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1987
Investigates the effects of mathematics anxiety and sex on attitudes related to achievement in computer literacy: computer anxiety, computer confidence, and computer liking. Over 350 students in junior high, secondary, and college classes were involved. (MNS)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Literacy, Educational Research, Higher Education
Wood, Julie M. – Instructor, 2000
There is a trend for girls to lose interest in mathematics, science and technology. Teachers must help reverse this trend. Suggestions to help reverse the trend include creating a girls only computer club; mentoring girls early; challenging gender stereotypes; demanding gender-fair materials; offering multiple ways to respond; enlisting parents as…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Females
Ware, Mark E.; Chastain, Jeffrey D. – 1989
The purpose of this paper was to identify the role of several person variables (gender, mathematics competency, attitudes toward statistics, computer competency, and grade point average) contributing to success in introductory statistics. The performance of 103 students on four examinations during a semester constituted the dependent variable. A…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Mathematics, Competence, Computer Literacy
Hearne, J. Dixon; And Others – 1986
The study examined computer aptitude among 56 learning disabled (LD) and 56 non LD junior high students. Students were administered the Computer Aptitude, Literacy, and Interest Profile (CALIP). Results revealed no significant difference in computer aptitude among groups or between male and female non LD students. A significant difference was…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Junior High School Students
Morrow, Dallas; Goertzen, Sandi – 1986
The development of knowledge and skills in the areas of mathematics, science, and computers is considered to be important for all students, both males and females. These subjects are prerequisites for many postsecondary education programs. Some of the most highly paid sectors of the labor market are those which require math, science, and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries

Marshall, Jon C. – Research in Rural Education, 1985
A study of 198 students and 43 educators examined computer attitudes and knowledge in rural settings. Educators and students had positive attitudes toward computers. Educators demonstrated significantly higher knowledge levels than students. Over half of the students and about one-third of the educators indicated having a computer at home. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – American School Board Journal, 1985
Describes causes of the gender gap in the use of computers in school programs. Provides seven suggestions for policy enactment by school boards to address the problems of sex equity in school computer use. (MD)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Computer Literacy, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education

Wolfe, Leslie R.; And Others – 1986
Designed to provide classroom teachers with activities to enhance computer equity for female students, this kit is divided into four sections which present excerpts from four other publications: (1) "The Neuter Computer: Computers for Boys and Girls" (Jo Schuchat Sanders and Antonia Stone for the Computer Equity Training Project, Women's…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Environment, Computer Literacy, Computers
Schubert, Jane G. – 1984
A one-year study is being conducted to provide a comprehensive, empirical definition of the factors that produce inequitable access to computers and computer knowledge for women, to generate a list of potential solutions to this problem, and to develop a self assessment instrument for use by educators to identify the inequitable access factors…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Literacy, Critical Incidents Method
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – Computing Teacher, 1985
Summarizes findings of Computer Equity Training Project studies concerning female presence in computer magazines; home computer use variability by sex; student software evaluation; and influence on computer use of teacher gender, gender of other computer users, and work environment. Successful classroom computer equity approaches based on these…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Education
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1985
Summarizes results of a study measuring eighth- and twelfth-grade students' attitudes toward computers. Sex and age differences, computer literacy course impact, and correlation of student attitudes toward computers and mathematics and science are assessed. A table giving means and standard deviations of responses to survey items is included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Literacy, Correlation, Grade 12
Kurshan, Barbara; Williams, Joyce – 1985
This report presents the results of a study conducted to determine if the use of a microcomputer increases the problem solving ability of junior high school students. Two seventh grade classes from similar schools in the state of Virginia were selected for the study. The first group was exposed to introductory computer literacy skills and simple…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Grade 7

Lucking, Robert – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1984
Describes a study devised to determine what changes occur in young adults' attitudes toward computers as a result of a computer training program and whether attitudes of boys and girls differ significantly before or after a computer training program. Data indicate girls on average have decidedly less positive attitudes than boys. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Literacy, Computers, Educational Research
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1983
Although computer use in a variety of educational environments has grown tremendously in the past five years, issues of who uses the computer and how they use it are arising. Preliminary research indicates that computer access is related to both socio-economic status (SES) and sex, with male students from wealthier school districts being most apt…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Martin-McCormick, Lynda; And Others – 1985
An advocacy packet on educational equity in computer education consists of five separate materials. A booklet entitled "Today's Guide to the Schools of the Future" contains four sections. The first section, a computer equity assessment guide, includes interview questions about school policies and allocation of resources, student and teacher…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computers, Educational Discrimination
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