TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of psychological gender in the computer-related attitudes and attainments of primary school children (aged 6-11)
AU - Brosnan, Mark
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - As computing has become an increasingly male-dominated activity, feminine (sex typed) individuals would be predicted by psychological gender theory to underperform upon computer-related tasks. This is particulary significant as computer-based tuition now forms a compulsory component of the National Curriculum within primary education (ages 5–11) within the UK. The present study examines the computer-related attitudes and attainments of 48 primary (6–11 years) school-aged children. The results show boys hold more favourable attitudes towards computers than girls, a difference that becomes non-significant when controlling for psychological gender. Additionally, masculine sex typed schoolchildren hold more positive attitudes and achieve higher levels of computer-related attainment than feminine sex typed schoolchildren.
AB - As computing has become an increasingly male-dominated activity, feminine (sex typed) individuals would be predicted by psychological gender theory to underperform upon computer-related tasks. This is particulary significant as computer-based tuition now forms a compulsory component of the National Curriculum within primary education (ages 5–11) within the UK. The present study examines the computer-related attitudes and attainments of 48 primary (6–11 years) school-aged children. The results show boys hold more favourable attitudes towards computers than girls, a difference that becomes non-significant when controlling for psychological gender. Additionally, masculine sex typed schoolchildren hold more positive attitudes and achieve higher levels of computer-related attainment than feminine sex typed schoolchildren.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0360-1315(97)00070-5
U2 - 10.1016/S0360-1315(97)00070-5
DO - 10.1016/S0360-1315(97)00070-5
M3 - Article
VL - 30
SP - 203
EP - 208
JO - Computers & Education
JF - Computers & Education
IS - 3/4
ER -