Teenagers' elective use of computer technology in middle and high schools: The role of gender

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2980-2989

  Vilvovsky, Sonia ^a   Fedorowicz, Jane ^a   Golibersuch, Andrew J ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Patterns of use; Teenagers and technology; Web survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; IT CAREER; IT PROFESSION; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PATTERNS OF USE; PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; USAGE PATTERNS; WEB SURVEYS;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84870277248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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