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ERIC Number: EJ966084
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Feb
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-6803
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Students' Perceptions of Single-Gender Science and Mathematics Classroom Experiences
Brown, Sherri L.; Ronau, Robert R.
School Science and Mathematics, v112 n2 p66-87 Feb 2012
While participating in single- and mixed-gender science and mathematics classes, ninth-grade urban high school students' (n = 118) academic self-concept, self-efficacy, and school climate perceptions were examined. Their perceptions were measured quantitatively from the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics (modified for Science) Attitude and the Patterns of Adaptive Learning scales. Five factors arose from each instrument: confidence/efficacy, utility, instruction, climate, and anxiety/performance avoidance. Comparative factor analysis of the science-modified Fennema-Sherman Scale showed similar constructs within the mathematics scale. Our findings are congruent with reports concerning single-gender classrooms that find few significant differences in students' attitudes toward science and mathematics, or classroom climate, with regard to single-gender classes. Lastly, our results supported three structural equation models for the hypothesized factors from each instrument.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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