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Download full textBeeson, Betty Spillers; Williams, R. Ann – 1983
To investigate sex-stereotyping associated with computer use, a study was made of effects of gender and age on preschool children's involvement with computers during a school period allowing children to choose from among five alternative activities. A group of 16 boys and 16 girls was divided by age, with the resulting categories consisting of 17…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Interests, Computer Uses in Education, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedShell, Rita; Eisenberg, Nancy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Examined the effect of observation of gender-related information in the peer group on preschoolers' attention to toys that were not clearly delineated as appropriate for one sex or the other. Contemporaneous peer involvement was significantly associated with children's toy adoption, but cumulative peer involvement was not. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Attention, Childhood Interests, Males, Participation
Peer reviewedWilliams, Sue Winkle; Ogletree, Shirley Matile – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1992
Investigated sex differences in preschoolers' computer interest and computer competence. There was little evidence for greater male interest and competence; in fact, there were no sex differences in computer competence. Boys viewed the computer as male-oriented, and girls viewed it as female-oriented. (GLR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Interests, Competence, Computer Games
Peer reviewedBeeson, Betty Spillers; Williams, R. Ann – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Presents results of study of 32 children (under five and over five) enrolled in preschool program in midwestern university which investigated when children should be introduced to computers and whether or not computer is perceived as sex-stereotyped activity by young children. Background, procedures, and results are discussed. Twenty-one sources…
Descriptors: Age, Analysis of Variance, Childhood Interests, Comparative Analysis
