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Naiman, Adeline – Classroom Computer News, 1982
Microcomputers are viewed as bridges between the traditional world defined for women and the male-dominated world of technology. The view expressed is that female use of computers helps to lessen fear of technology and microcomputers can be a beginning supportive step. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computers, Cultural Influences, Females
Cusick, Theresa; And Others – 1986
This examination of computer equity argues that current educational trends--which emphasize teaching applications of computers rather than programming--will limit the computer skills of students. Added to this difficulty is the argument that some students (often minority and female students) need not be pushed to learn programming if they don't…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Damarin, Suzanne K. – Computing Teacher, 1989
Discussion of equity in computer science education focuses on issues related to gender. Topics discussed include computers and society, including employment changes and the relationship of women to society; the relationship between mathematics anxiety and computer anxiety; instructional and curriculum design; evaluation equity; and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Design, Equal Education
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
Changing job market opportunities affect the fields in which males and females choose to earn a graduate degree. This report examines disparities in field choices of the sexes. Highlighted are the following: (1) in 1994 substantially more females than males earned graduate degrees in education and the health professions; males earned a higher…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
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Campbell, N. Jo – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
Describes a study of undergraduate students that examined the relationship between selection of college computer courses and self-perceived proficiency in using computers, computer causal attributions, and selected computer attitudes. Gender issues are addressed, correlations between variables are examined, and implications for educators are…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Collis, Betty – 1990
This document provides: (1) a synthesis of more than 180 research studies cited in the "Research Windows" column that appeared in "The Computing Teacher" journal between 1985 and 1989, and (2) reprints of the columns themselves. In the synthesis section the studies are grouped into five general categories with various subheadings containing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Software