The effect of equity strategies on girls' computer usage in school

摘要

This study investigated the effect of school-based equity strategies on girl's voluntary computer usage. In the three experimental middle schools, the staff participated in a workshop on computer equity and then selected equity strategies for implementation; staff in the two control schools were not provided with equity strategies. Results indicate that with intervention girls used the computer significantly more than boys in the experimental schools, while this was not true in the control schools.