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Article: SEX-AND ETHNIC-RELATED DIFFERENCES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' TECHNOLOGY USE IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Instructional Media
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
One of the major challenges in education is ensure that all students are prepared for today's more technologically advanced world. This means that all students should have access and use of technology in schools. Unfortunately, there have been several conceptual articles, personal accounts, studies, and reviews of research that have found that technology is not equitably distributed in schools and across all types of students. While there are several sources or factors that may account for the inequitable access and use of technology, there are two individual characteristics of students, sex and ethnicity, that appear to be prevalent attributes of ...