Middle school girls + games programming = information technology fluency

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Werner ◽  
Shannon Campe ◽  
Jill Denner
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Technology Fluency ◽  
School Girls

Computer Programming in Middle School: How Pairs Respond to Challenges

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Denner ◽  
Linda Werner
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
After School ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Technology Fluency ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Women In Information Technology ◽  
Using Data

Many believe that girls lack the confidence and motivation to persist with computers when they face a challenge. In order to increase the number of girls and women in information technology careers, we need a better understanding of how they think about and solve problems while working on the computer. In this article, we describe a qualitative study of 126 middle school girls who designed and programmed computer games in an after-school and summer program. Using data from electronic notebooks, we describe how girls thought about the problems they had while programming their games and the strategies they used in their efforts to solve them. Audiotape transcripts were also coded to show how girls talk about challenges and the steps they take to address them when programming a game on the computer. The findings are interpreted in terms of how to promote information technology fluency starting in middle school.

Human Factors in Space Exploration: Fitts' Law Activity for Middle School Girls

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Darin Ellis ◽  
Thomas G. Edwards ◽  
Lavie Golenberg ◽  
Abhilash Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Fitts Law ◽  
School Girls

Career expectations and aspirations of urban middle school girls

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela P. Vargas ◽  
Jennie Park-Taylor ◽  
Emma Fialkov ◽  
Lynelle Torres Chang
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
School Girls
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