| Abstract: | Conclusion Considering the technology gender gap that exists today, there can be no doubt that our current educational system is not
engaging female students in technology or awakening them to possibilities of the technology industry as a career. Females
are not afraid of computers or lack the ability to master computer skills, but they find the computer environment objectionable
(http : / / www.aauw.org/2000/ techsavvybd.html). Several factors within the educational system heighten these objections
and impede female progression through technology classes. It is these factors that our educational system must address.
Single-sex computer classes offer female students the educational advantages of learning in a comfortable, non-threatening
classroom environment where they are encouraged to enthusiastically participate in classroom discussions and activities (Kumagi,
1995). In these classes, curriculum may be adjusted to reflect the need females to see computers as productivity tools (Caplice,
1994). As a result of positive experiences gained while attending single-sex computer classes, females are more likely to
pursue higher level computer classes.
Although it is possible to argue that single-sex computer classes do not mirror the real world females must contend with once
outside the classroom, they are, however, effective interim interventions to enable females to lessen the current technology
gap (Kumagi, 1995). |
