BibSonomy publications for /tag/girlsThu Oct 27 09:13:45 CEST 2011International Journal of Science Education4407--417Girls' Science Education: Choice, Solidarity and Culture 191997education gender girls science Tue Nov 30 22:30:33 CET 2010Psychological Science10850-855Playing an Action Video Game Reduces Gender Difference in Spatial Cognition182007attention cognition cognitive games gender girls haifa-games-course learning mathematical mental neuropsychology neuroscience neurosome psychology rotation skills spatial We demonstrate a previously unknown gender difference in the distribution of spatial attention, a basic capacity that supports higher-level spatial cognition. More remarkably, we found that playing an action video game can virtually eliminate this gender difference in spatial attention and simultaneously decrease the gender disparity in mental rotation ability, a higher-level process in spatial cognition. After only 10 hr of training with an action video game, subjects realized substantial gains in both spatial attention and mental rotation, with women benefiting more than men. Control subjects who played a non-action game showed no improvement. Given that superior spatial skills are important in the mathematical and engineering sciences, these findings have practical implications for attracting men and women to these fields.Mon Aug 30 09:06:29 CEST 2010New York, NY, USACommun. ACM758--64Using storytelling to motivate programming502007alice cs0 cs1 girls jypeli middle motivation programming school sms th3 women Using the Storytelling Alice programming environment to create computer-animated movies inspires middle school girls' interest in learning to program computers.girlsCommunity for tag(s) girls