Computer Course Enrollment, Home Computer Access, and Gender: Relationships to High School Students' Success with Computer Spreadsheet Use for Problem Solving in Pre-Algebra.

Dugdale, Sharon; DeKoven, Elyon; Ju, Mi-Kyung

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Computer Course Enrollment, Home Computer Access, and Gender: Relationships to High School Students' Success with Computer Spreadsheet Use for Problem Solving in Pre-Algebra.

Dugdale, Sharon; DeKoven, Elyon; Ju, Mi-Kyung

Journal of Educational Computing Research, v18 n1 p49-62 1998

A study of 50 students (grade 9) enrolled in a computer course found that home computer access for females was a predictor of early success for using computers as a learning resource and that enrollment in a computer course was greater for females who had access to home computers. Initial advantages diminished with continued use of computers. (PEN)

Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Females, Gender Issues, Grade 9, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Spreadsheets, Success, Use Studies

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