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Are Single-Sex Schools More Effective than the Coed Ones? The Effect of Single-Sex Schooling on Achievement among Female Adolescents in Catholic Schools
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Koniewski, Maciej; Hawrot, Anna – Research Papers in Education, 2022
This study inquired into the effect of single-sex schooling on achievement of female adolescents. It used national examination data of 4,787 Polish female students (10 cohorts) attending single-sex and co-educational Catholic schools. We tested two sets of partially contradictory predictions derived from two different theoretical models explaining…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Academic Achievement, Females
Physical Education Participation among Middle School Girls: Perceptions of Teachers
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Sabatino, Cindy R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of physical education (PE) teachers on the participation of middle-school girls in PE courses. Investigating the perceptions of educators who have direct experience with mixed-gender middle-school PE courses provided new contributions to the limited understanding of engagement and…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
Is Science Really for Me? Gender Differences in Student Attitudes toward Science
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Iwuanyanwu, Paul Nnanyereugo – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
The question of whether single-sex or co-ed schooling has any impact on students' attitudes toward science is highly contested and warrants research from all corners of the world. This study adds to our current knowledge by investigating different attitudinal indices of Grade 9 science students (N = 356, M[subscript age] = 14.5 years) in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Student Attitudes