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Scientific and Technology Learning: Enhancing the Attitudes Toward Technology for Middle School Girls
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Norfolk, VA ISBN 978-1-880094-41-9 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Abstract

Middle school girls, selected from several rural and urban school districts in northeast Louisiana, participated in a three-week program at The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM). Pre and post-attitude surveys as measured by the Computer Attitude Questionnaire were compared to assess the effectiveness of the program. The analysis measured the effects of attitude changes in the following categories: interacting with the WWW, a word processor, a database application, and e-mail. Significant changes in attitudes in three of the four categories were observed. Positive attitudinal changes were observed in the areas of the WWW, word processing, and e-mail.

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Owens, C., Magoun, D., Eaton, V. & Taylor, K. (2001). Scientific and Technology Learning: Enhancing the Attitudes Toward Technology for Middle School Girls. In J. Price, D. Willis, N. Davis & J. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2001--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2408-2409). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 6, 2024 from .

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