The Gender Dirrerences in Computer Use

<PURPOSE AND METHOD OF THE RESEARCH>本研究旨在探讨国、中、高中及大学生电脑素养年度变化的实际状况与过程。本研究以3722名学生（911名小学生、875名初中生、1504名高中生、432名大学生）为研究对象，编制了一份包含12个项目的调查问卷，以测量学生使用计算机等信息设备的水平和内容。<RESULTS>1.自20世纪70年代以来，男性的计算机素养高于女性已成为世界公认的观点。但是，这项研究发现，学生中会操作计算机的比例的性别差异消失了。我们讨论了这一发现的原因，并估计最近的中学课程修订，有助于这种性别差异在计算机使用中的消失。在使用计算机和其他信息设备的内容方面，性别差异仍然很大。研究发现，男生喜欢玩游戏，女生喜欢文字处理.少数学生不会操作计算机，他们的教育特点是：（1）不喜欢在学校上课，（2）很少有学生放学后去补习，（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