The digital divide: The special case of gender

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 320-334

  Cooper, J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Gender; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748325758     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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