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Murakami, Christine – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2011
It's no secret that fewer and fewer women are entering computer science fields. Attracting high school girls to computer science is only part of the solution. Retaining them while they are in higher education or the workforce is also a challenge. To solve this, there is a need to show girls that computer science is a wide-open field that offers…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Science, Grade 5, High Schools
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Hunley, Sawyer A.; Evans, James H.; Delgado-Hachey, Maria; Krise, Judy; Rich, Tammy; Schell, Connie – Adolescence San Diego, 2005
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between adolescent computer use and academic achievement. Questionnaires and seven-day time logs were used to gather data from 101 tenth-grade students in southwestern Ohio. The adolescents both estimated and documented their computer use. The correlation between computer use and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Gender Differences, Homework, Grade Point Average