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How Adolescent Boys and Girls View Today's Computer Culture This paper summarizes a yearlong qualitative study of uses and mental concepts of computers and computer culture in seventh and eighth grade boys and girls. A social- constructivist stance formed the theoretical framework for this study. I used interpretive methods in an open-ended environment to study and explain gender diversity in technology-rich, middle school classrooms. My goal was to gain insight into how adolescent boys and girls conceptualized and used computers in the current computer culture. By focusing particularly though not exclusively on girls, I hoped to shed light on how girls view their experiences with technology. The focus of this study was not to further investigate the perceived gender gap regarding technology, but rather to address the meanings that adolescents assign to computers as they interact with them. Adolescent boys and girls view and use computers differently. Each gender seems to accept this as a natural part of their culture, and, in...

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