How middle school boys and girls view today's computer culture

Meridian

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Christie, Alice A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CULTURES; GENDER STEREOTYPES; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS; TRADITIONAL QUALITIES;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 21244442694     PISSN: 10979778     EISSN: 10979778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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