1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Gender Dirrerences in Computer Use
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09680229
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational technology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya College of Music |
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Principal Investigator |
IMAE Kuniharu Aichi University of Education, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 音楽学部, 教授 (60023967)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKANISHI Hirobumi Aichi University of Education, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (90211424)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | COMPUTER LITERACY / INFORMATION LITERACY / OPERATING COMPUTER / GENDER DIFFERENCE |
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| Research Abstract |
<PURPOSE AND METHOD OF THE RESEARCH>
The purpose of research is to find the actual conditions and processes of annual change of computer literacy in elementary, junior-high, high school and college students. We made a questionnaire consisted of 12 items measuring the level and contents of using computer and other information devices.
3722 students (911 elementary school students, 875 junior-high students, 1504 high school students, and 432 college students) responded to our questionnaire.
<RESULTS>
1. Since 1970's, it has been the world widely accepted opinion that computer literacy of male is higher than female. But, this research found that gender difference in rate of students who could operate computers, disappeared. We discussed the cause of this finding and estimated that the recent revise of middle school curriculum, contributed this disappearance of gender difference in computer use.
2. The gender difference in the contents of use of computer and other information devices is still large. It is clearly found that boys like game strongly, and girls like word processing.
3. A few students can not operate computer, and their education characteristics are educational characteristics are that (1) they do not like working at school lesson, (2) few students go to cramming school after school, (3) their adaptation level of school, life is lower than other students
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