The Gender Dirrerences in Computer Use

研究的目的和方法本研究的目的是为了了解小学生、初中生、高中生和大学生计算机素养年度变化的实际情况和过程。调查对象为3722名学生(小学生911人，初中生875人，高中生1504人，大学生432人)。结果1.自20世纪70年代S以来，男性计算机素养高于女性一直是世界公认的观点。但是，这项研究发现，会操作电脑的学生的性别差异消失了。我们讨论了这一发现的原因，并认为最近的中学课程改革，促成了这种性别差异在计算机使用方面的消失。在使用计算机和其他信息设备的内容上，性别差异仍然很大。研究发现，男生非常喜欢玩游戏，女生更喜欢文字处理。少数学生不会操作计算机，他们的教育特点是：(1)他们不喜欢在学校上课；(2)学生放学后很少去补习班；(3)他们对学校、生活的适应水平低于其他学生

<PURPOSE AND METHOD OF THE RESEARCH>The purpose of research is to find the actual conditions and processes of annual change of computer literacy in elementary, junior-high, high school and college students. We made a questionnaire consisted of 12 items measuring the level and contents of using computer and other information devices.3722 students (911 elementary school students, 875 junior-high students, 1504 high school students, and 432 college students) responded to our questionnaire.<RESULTS>1. Since 1970's, it has been the world widely accepted opinion that computer literacy of male is higher than female. But, this research found that gender difference in rate of students who could operate computers, disappeared. We discussed the cause of this finding and estimated that the recent revise of middle school curriculum, contributed this disappearance of gender difference in computer use.2. The gender difference in the contents of use of computer and other information devices is still large. It is clearly found that boys like game strongly, and girls like word processing.3. A few students can not operate computer, and their education characteristics are educational characteristics are that (1) they do not like working at school lesson, (2) few students go to cramming school after school, (3) their adaptation level of school, life is lower than other students