The reports on women, minorities, and persons with disabilities produced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) because of congressional mandate laid the statistical foundation for NSF initiatives to redress underrepresentation of these groups. Presents responses from more than 400 awardees during four years of the Professional Opportunities for…

Young children told personal experience narratives about a time when they had been happy, surprised, and mad. Researchers assessed their explicit emotion labels and use of linguistic forms of evaluation to convey emotion. Children used various methods to convey emotions. Gender differences were rare. The only evaluative device that hinted at…

Demonstrates how male mathematicians historically controlled the professional and academic activities of female mathematicians. Attempts to explain some historical factors leading to the relatively small number of women that enter the field of mathematics education rather than mathematics research. (KHR)

Asserts that racism, classism, and sexism are fostered not only through material conditions but also through the privileging of difference common to Western intellectual thought. Turns to the unconscious of psychoanalytic theory, especially the theories of Melanie Klein and Ignacio Matter Blanco, recommending an alternative discourse on race,…

An examination of documents generated by the World Conference on Education for All uncovered a lack of understanding of gender issues such as who is responsible for educational policy formation, the disproportionate impact of illiteracy and poverty on women, and the choice of approach to education for all. (SK)

Reexamines the assumptions and conclusions of "The Velvet Ghetto" data and other gender-related research on public relations salaries, roles, and status, in an attempt to identify counter-arguments or attempts to change the issue with respect to gender. Suggests how to examine the counter-arguments qualitatively and quantitatively. (MS)

Examines gender differences in fifth- and sixth-grade students' self-reports of confidence, motivation goals, and learning strategies in whole-class and small-group sessions. Overall, results reveal few gender differences and indicate that students report greater confidence and mastery motivation in small-group lessons. Contains 55 references.…

Describes results of a study that investigated development of attitudes toward computer utilization over time of a group of secondary school students from grade 8 to grade 11. Tests indicated that gains in attitudes were independent of gender, computer training, and computer course achievement. (Author/JKP)

This study of 902 boys and 828 girls in secondary school shows that gender differences in computer experience have a direct relationship to computer attitudes. Data gathered support the hypothesis that male students have more computer experience than female students and found boys showed more positive attitudes toward computers than girls. (64…

Reviews research on gender-role development and discusses the finding that boys and girls are not as different from each other as believed to be. Discusses consequences of gender segregation and why children choose same-sex playmates. Suggests ways to encourage more positive interactions between boys and girls. (BAC)

This study was a replication of one that investigated sex-role stereotyping of occupations and behaviors of music video characters shown on MTV (Music Television) in 1987. It employed a random sample of 91 MTV music videos broadcast in 1993, and found a continuation of male and female characters shown in sex-typed jobs. Contains 56 references.…

Describes a study that investigated self-reported computer anxiety scores for five samples of first-year undergraduates between 1992 and 1998. Confirms a reduction in mean levels of computer anxiety and in the proportion of computerphobic students and shows a widening gap between scores of female and male students. (Author/LRW)

Content analysis of children's Halloween costumes explored how children's fantasy dress reproduces and reiterates conventional gender messages. Both male and female costumes contained high proportions of heroes. Feminine costumes were clustered in a narrow range depicting traditional femininity, with higher proportions of animals and foodstuffs.…

Investigates the influence of childhood physical abuse and gender on intimacy. Results, based on 276 college students, indicate that nonabused respondents were significantly higher in intimacy than were abused respondents. No significant gender differences were found. Findings suggest that child abuse hinders children in forming intimate…

Reviews research on the cultural meaning of gender and suicidal behavior. Studies suggest that U. S. adolescents perceive nonfatal suicidal behavior as more "feminine" and less potent than killing oneself. Cultural and suicidal behavior may be particularly influential for adolescents because adolescents are in the process of defining their…