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Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools: Their Effects on Achievement, Affect, and Behaviors.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – American Journal of Education, 1991
Using data from the High School and Beyond survey, compares junior and senior year performance and other variables in Catholic single sex, Catholic coed, and public schools. Finds Catholic school students are urged to take more academically demanding courses; this accounts for public/Catholic differences in achievement and university attendance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior, Catholic Schools
The Transition from Single-Sex to Coeducational High Schools: Teacher Perceptions, Academic Achievement, and Self-Concept.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – 1988
Particularly in the 1960s and 1970s it was frequently argued that coeducational (Coed) high schools provided a more natural social environment to prepare adolescents for adulthood than did single sex (SS) schools. Based on the assumed accuracy of this belief, SS schools are becoming infrequent or even nonexistent in most western societies. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Effects of Attending Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools on Achievement, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Sex Differences.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The effects of single-sex versus coeducational arrangements were compared for 2,332 Catholic high school students representing 21 single-sex boys', 26 single-sex girls', and 33 coeducational schools. Various outcomes during the sophomore-to-senior period were nearly unaffected by school type. These findings contradict those of earlier national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Coeducation, Educational Environment
The Transition from Single-Sex to Coeducational High Schools: Effects on Multiple Dimensions of Self-Concept and on Academic Achievement.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1988
Self-concept measures and state certificate program achievement grades were used to determine the effects on 7th through 11th graders in Sydney (Australia) of converting two single-sex high schools to coeducational institutions. Pre- to post-transition data were collected from 1982 to 1985. Coeducational organizations benefit self-concept, while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Foreign Countries, High School Students
The Effects of Single-Sex and Mixed-Sex Mathematics Classes Within a Coeducational School: A Reanalysis and Comment.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Rowe, Kenneth J. – Australian Journal of Education, 1996
Critical reanalysis of a previous Australian study comparing the effects of single-sex mathematics and mixed-sex mathematics instruction on students in grades seven and eight suggests that the randomly assigned class-type intervention had relatively little effect on mathematics achievement or attitudes, and that at least some effects favored…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools: Their Effects on Achievement, Affect and Behaviors.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – 1990
Growth during the last 2 years of high school was examined in public and Catholic high schools using data from the High School and Beyond database--a large, nationally representative study. Earlier research was extended by considering: (1) affective variables (e.g., self-concept, locus of control), academic choices (e.g., course selection), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Catholic Schools