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Turkle, Sherry; Papert, Seymour – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1990
Recent technological developments in interfaces, programing philosophy, and artificial intelligence may invite the participation of women programers, who find a concrete, intuitive, and informal style of programing more congenial than the hierarchical, rule-driven style heretofore pervasive in computer culture. (DM)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Education, Computers, Females

Perry, Ruth; Greber, Lisa – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1990
Discusses women's central role in the development of the computer and their present day peripheral position, a progression paralleled in the fields of botany, medical care, and obstetrics. Affirms the importance of computer education to women. (DM)
Descriptors: Career Development, Computer Science Education, Computers, Employed Women

Kramer, Pamela E.; Lehman, Sheila – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1990
Finds that computer and mathematics avoidance among women is the result of attitudes, expectations, and discrimination. Present-day creative computing relies upon skills not limited to those with a math and science orientation, and should prove a rewarding occupation to women. (DM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Development, Computer Science Education, Computers
Green, Michelle Y. – NEA Today, 2000
Presents findings from a commission that looked into gender technology and teacher education. Girls use technology as much as boys, but they have less interest in the machine for the machine's sake and more interest in using computers as tools for current interests. Both teachers and girls have similar concerns about computer technology in the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gender Issues

Johnson, Robert C.; Parrott, June – Initiatives, 1992
Explores how notions of community and collaboration can be applied in program to enhance appreciation/use of and interest in science, mathematics, and computers among women and people of color. Describes Minority Studies Program at St. Cloud State University which has hosted summer program to provide minority and women students with intensive,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Mathematics, College Science, College Students
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1983
Findings from the National Science Foundation's Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges, January 1982 are highlighted and discussed in this brief report. The survey was mailed to approximately 2,200 universities and colleges offering programs in the sciences and/or engineering. Areas discussed include…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns