The Gender Gap: Why Do Girls Get Turned Off to Technology?

As more boys than girls grow up wanting careers in
technology, schools and researchers try to make
computers more appealing to girls

By Karen Kelly

Resources and Further Information:

American Association of University Women, 1111 16th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036; tel: 800-326-AAUW; fax: 202-872-1425; e-mail: info@aauw.org.

The Girls’ Middle School, 180 North Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043; tel: 650-968-8338; fax: 650-968-4775; e-mail: gms@girlsms.org. www.girlsms.org

J. Kleinfeld. The Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls. Washington, DC: Women’s Freedom Network, 1998.

Y.B. Kafai. Minds in Play: Computer Game Design as a Context for Children’s Learning. Rahway, NJ: Erlbaum, 1995.

M.C. Linn and S. Hsi. Computers, Teachers, Peers: Science Learning Partners. Rahway, NJ: Erlbaum, 2000.

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