Girls and Computer Technology: Barrier or Key?.

Gipson, Joella

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ERIC Number: EJ541443

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Girls and Computer Technology: Barrier or Key?

Gipson, Joella

Educational Technology, v37 n2 p41-43 Mar-Apr 1997

Discusses the disparity in numbers of girls and boys taking math, science, and computer classes in elementary and secondary schools, and examines steps being taken to better prepare girls, especially minority girls, for an increasingly technical society. A program in Michigan is described that involved a school and business partnership. (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gender Issues, Mathematics Education, Minority Groups, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Science Education, Sex Bias

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Michigan

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