Do Male Students Often Perform Better than Female Students when Learning Computers? A Study of Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Education through Strategic and Cooperative Learning.

Tsai, Meng-Jung

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Publication Date: 2002

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Do Male Students Often Perform Better than Female Students when Learning Computers? A Study of Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Computer Education through Strategic and Cooperative Learning.

Tsai, Meng-Jung

Journal of Educational Computing Research, v26 n1 p67-85 2002

This study of Taiwanese eight graders investigated the impacts of strategic learning, cooperative learning, and their combination on junior high school students' computer achievement, attitudes, and anxiety. Highlights include the interaction between gender and learning context; higher computer anxiety among boys; and the role of the culture of socialization involving computers. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Sex Differences, Socialization

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan

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