The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers with boys, but researchers say, (1) by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call major new gender gap in technology. Janice (2) Weinman of the American Association of University Women says, "Girls tend to be more comfortable than boys with the computer. (3) They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways which to understand information." (4) After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University Women researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistent (5) rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers often than (6) boys outside the classroom. An instructor of a computer lab says he’s already noticed some differences. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something what (7) will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it anyhow. " Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed (8) that girls’ computer usage was falling after boys. Karen Gould says, (9) "One reason girls told us they don’t like computer games is not that they’re too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they’re incredible (10) boring. \