Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ507527
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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School Subject Preferences of Pupils in Single Sex and Co-educational Secondary Schools.
Colley, Ann; And Others
Educational Studies, v20 n3 p379-85 1994
Reports on a study of school subject preference among 566 male and 567 female students in both single-sex and coeducational British secondary schools. Finds an effect of school type for younger students only. Also finds clear effects of gender with higher rankings given to mathematics and science by boys and to art by girls. (CFR)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Course Selection (Students), Females, Foreign Countries, Males, Mathematics, Physical Education, Sciences, Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Single Sex Schools, Student Attitudes, Student Educational Objectives, Student Experience, Student Interests
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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