Research Windows: Gender Issues, Personal Characteristics, and Computing.

Wiburg, Karin

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ERIC Number: EJ495127

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Research Windows: Gender Issues, Personal Characteristics, and Computing.

Wiburg, Karin

Computing Teacher, v22 n4 p7-10 Dec-Jan 1994-95

Reviews three articles that discuss the ways gender issues and personal characteristics impact computer use. One paper proposes an alternative to using Likert-style attitude measures to study the computer gender gap, and two articles discuss the personal characteristics of teachers that influence computer use. Related studies are mentioned and implications for teaching are inferred. (12 references) (KRN)

Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Experience, Gender Issues, Internet, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Telecommunications

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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