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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
Damarin, Suzanne K. – Computing Teacher, 1989
Discussion of equity in computer science education focuses on issues related to gender. Topics discussed include computers and society, including employment changes and the relationship of women to society; the relationship between mathematics anxiety and computer anxiety; instructional and curriculum design; evaluation equity; and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Design, Equal Education
Sanders, Jo Shuchat – Computing Teacher, 1984
Reviews results of several studies on extent of sex discrepancy in microcomputer interest and usage in students, discusses possible occupational and economic effects when students enter the job market, and lists 29 possible explanations for observed differences in microcomputer usage by junior high school girls and boys. (MBR)
Descriptors: Advertising, Computer Literacy, Educational Environment, Equal Education