Descriptor
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedJoiner, Richard; And Others – Computers & Education, 1996
Reports the results of a study of 65 United Kingdom primary school children that examined the effect of software type by comparing children's performance on a male stereotyped version of the software with a female stereotyped version. Topics include computer attitudes, computer experience, and software preferences. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
Peer reviewedChappell, Kelly K. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Analyzes, as a function of grade level, the representation of gender, competition, and violence in 17 top-selling software programs designed for mathematics education. Results indicate that mean percentages of violence, competition against the program and competition against a peer increase across grade level; mean percentages of female characters…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Evaluation
Moore, Barbara G. – Review and Evaluation Bulletins, 1986
This review of research on gender differences in computer use at the elementary and secondary levels outlines the problems, discusses reasons for these problems, and gives suggestions for interventions to improve the situation. The research reviewed was conducted, for the most part, in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Courseware
