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Peer reviewedHealy, Patricia; Schilmoeller, Gary L. – Research in Rural Education, 1985
A mailed questionnaire completed by 86 parents of preschool and kindergarten children showed overall positive attitudes toward computers and computer use by young children with more positive attitudes among those parents whose children used computers in school. Significant factors were educational level of parents and family income. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computers, Correlation
Peer reviewedMathews, Walter M.; Winkle, Linda Wyrick – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Describes four external and internal barriers regarding computer literacy that are limiting rural women: institutionalized sexism, females' negative self-concepts concerning computer technology, lack of knowledge about the technology, and rural women's sex-stereotyped attitudes about computer-related careers. Outlines actions rural schools can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
