ICLS 2000 Proceedings

Implicit Cultural Templates in Software Design: Renegotiating the Norm with Girl Software

Tiffany Marra, Nichole Pinkard
The University of Michigan, School of Education
610 E. University Room 1228
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Tel: 734-647-2130
Email: tmarra@umich.edu, pinkard@umich.edu

Abstract: This poster will describe a content analysis of girls' software with the goal of uncovering the implicit epistemological structures within the design of the software. The rubric used to evaluate the software focused on truth, power, identity, voice, and authority.

Keywords: gender, elementary school, qualitative assessment

Preferred Citation Format:
Marra, T., & Pinkard, N. (2000). Implicit Cultural Templates in Software Design: Renegotiating the Norm with Girl Software. In B. Fishman & S. O'Connor-Divelbiss (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 322-323). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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