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Article: Technology--the New Gender Gap.
- Article from:
- Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology
- Article date:
- March 22, 1999
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GOOD NEWS, IT SEEMS, HAS A SHORT LIFE IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS. CLOSE ONE LEARNING GAP AND ANOTHER ONE COMES ALONG. JUST WHEN MATH AND SCIENCE GENDER GAPS--STUBBORN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GIRLS' AND BOYS' EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE--ARE NARROWING THANKS TO INCREASED EFFORTS BY PARENTS AND EDUCATORS, A NEW AND GROWING RIFT IS CAUSING ALARM. AND IT SHOULD. THE NEW GAP IS IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, AND GIRLS ONCE AGAIN ARE ON THE SHORT END.
A report released in October 1998 by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation shows that girls come to school with less computer experience than boys and, years later, leave the same way, effectively shutting ...