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Jackson, Emma F.; Bussey, Kay; Trompeter, Nora – Journal of School Violence, 2020
The present study used a unique measure of self-perceived gender typicality to better examine the association of gender with cyber victimization and perpetration. Participants were 297 adolescent males and females recruited from independent schools in grade 8 (M[subscript age] = 13.8) and grade 10 (M[subscript age] = 15.8) who completed a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Secondary School Students
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Ispa-Landa, Simone – Sociology of Education, 2013
Relational theories of gender conceptualize masculinity and femininity as mutually constitutive. Using a relational approach, I analyzed ethnographic and interview data from male and female black adolescents in Grades 8 through 10 enrolled in ''Diversify,'' an urban-to-suburban racial integration program ("n" = 38).…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, African American Students, Racial Factors, Urban Schools
Rudasill, Kathleen Moritz; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of gender to the academic self-perceptions of ability and related coursework plans for high school and college across academically advanced students. Participants were academically advanced students (N = 447) from grades 5 to 12. Findings revealed that (a) girls' self-perceptions of ability…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Sex Stereotypes, Females, Gender Differences
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Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
Advocates for boys' education have forwarded numerous "fixes" for boys' supposed educational woes, including both academic and non-academic programs and strategies. This article focuses on the lesser-discussed non-academic, extra-curricular means suggested, specifically outdoor education. Using qualitative analysis of an Australian…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Males