A Multidimensional Study of Adolescent Gender Differences in Computer Use and Impact.

Autor/inn/en	Collis, Betty; und weitere
Titel	A Multidimensional Study of Adolescent Gender Differences in Computer Use and Impact.
Quelle	(1988), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Computers; Computer Literacy; Developed Nations; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Grade 11; High School Students; Microcomputers; Models; Predictor Variables; Secondary Education; Sex Differences; Student Attitudes; Urban Environment; Use Studies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerkenntnisse; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Ausland; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Analogiemodell; Prädiktor; Sekundarbereich; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Stadtökologie; Benutzerschulung; Kanada
Abstract	The interactions between computer use and access by adolescents and their computer-related opinions and values are presented in the framework of a "manifold model" of computer interactions. This model emphasizes the complexity and multidimensional nature of the system of variables in which such interaction is embedded. For this study, the association between gender and various usage and attitude variables was predicted by the model and tested with data from a representative survey of urban grade 11 students involving over 3,000 students from major urban areas in all 10 Canadian provinces. Analyses of the data reveal consistent gender differences in access to and usage of computers in each of three usage categories--recreational, home non-recreational, and school--as well as in attitudinal variables associated with computer use in each of the usage categories. The theoretical importance of the study is found in the support the study gives to the multidimensional manifold model as a descriptor of the complex system surrounding adolescents' computer-related activities and opinions. The results indicate that it is inappropriate to make statements about what influences male and female adolescents to use or reject computers without considering the context of the usage. The text is supplemented by five tables and eight figures. (7 references) (Author/EW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC