ITWF: Gender HCI Issues in Problem-Solving Software

标题：问题解决软件中的性别人机界面问题本项目调查软件在支持或抑制妇女参与信息技术方面所起的作用。该项目涉及对研究问题的实证研究，这些问题涉及性别自信差异、性别意识支持机制、性别动机差异以及男性和女性使用问题解决软件的合作机会的影响。研究人员计划制定指导方针，帮助基于问题的软件环境的设计者做出考虑性别差异的设计决策。该项目的智力价值在于对人机界面研究的潜在贡献。软件设计中的性别障碍这一话题值得深入研究。因此，该项目有可能对人机界面和软件设计研究作出重大贡献，并深入了解信息技术中代表性不足问题的障碍和可能的解决办法。调查小组主要由女性组成，三名女高中生参与了这项研究，这可能会鼓励更多的女性参与信息技术。研究人员计划将这项研究的经验结果转化为一套基于模型的指导方针，广泛分发给软件开发人员。如果付诸实施，所产生的软件将有助于消除与软件有关的性别差异，这将导致女性更广泛地参与信息技术职业。

Title: Gender HCI Issues in Problem-Solving SoftwareThis project investigates the role software plays in supporting or inhibiting the participation of women in information technology. The project involves empirical studies on research questions about the impacts of gender differences in confidence, of gender-conscious support mechanisms, of gender differences in motivation, and of collaboration opportunities by males and females using problem solving software. The investigators plan to produce guidelines to help designers of problem-based software environments make design decisions that account for gender differences.The intellectual merit of this project lies in the potential contribution to human computer interface research. The topic of gender barriers in software design merits significant study. The project has thus has the potential to make a significant contribution to human computer interface and software design research as well as to provide insight into the barriers and possible solutions to the under-representation issues in information technology.The project promotes broader impacts in several ways. The investigation team is composed primarily of females and three female high school students are involved in the research, which may encourage more female participation in information technology. The investigators plan to translate the empirical results of the study into a set of model-based guidelines to be widely distributed to software developers. If implemented, the resulting software could be instrumental in removing software-related gender differences that will result in broader participation in information technology careers by females.