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The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo, Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender (性别) gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women says, “Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information.”
After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University Women researchers found that girls make up only small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistently rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.
An instructor of a computer lab says he’s already noticed some difference. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, “Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow.”
Purple Moon says it found what girls want----characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what’s going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, “What we definitely found from girls is that there is no intrinsic(固有的) reason why they wouldn’t want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing.”
The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this: the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21 st century.
A gender gap in 1.
| Computer usage | girls | ●Using it more for 2. ●Reading 3. relative to their own lives |
| boys | ●4. ●Discovering new ways | |
| Results of the study | girls | ●Making up small percentage in computer classes ●Using computer 5. than boys ●Being afraid of 6. |
| boys | ●Making up 7. percentage ●Using computer more often than girls ●8. to break the computer | |
| 9. | Women must 10. in technology to compete effectively in the 21st century. | |
1．technology/computer 2．word processing 3．story lines 4．Solving problems
5．less 6．harming/breaking the computer 7．large/high
8．Not being afraid 9．Conclusion 10．close the gap