Gender Differences and Computer Competency: The Effects of a High Access Computer Program on the Computer Competency of Young Women.

Bain, Alan; Hess, Peter T.; Jones, Gerard; Berelowitz, Carl

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Publication Date: 1999

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Gender Differences and Computer Competency: The Effects of a High Access Computer Program on the Computer Competency of Young Women.

Bain, Alan; Hess, Peter T.; Jones, Gerard; Berelowitz, Carl

International Journal of Educational Technology, v1 n1 Jul 1999

Examines the effects of a secondary school technology-immersion program on the technological competency of students. Discusses the effects of participation in a high computer-to-student access ratio on female student performance, and reports statistically significant skill increases for male and female students in the high access immersion program. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Gender Issues, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Skill Development

Available electronically: http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu/ijet/v1n1/v1n1articles.html

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Language: English

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