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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
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Bofah, Emmanuel Adu-tutu; Hannula, Markku S. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
In this study, we investigated students' views on themselves as learners of mathematics as a function of school-by-sex (N = 2034, MAge = 18.49, SDAge = 1.25; 12th-grade; 58.2% girls). Using latent variable Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the measurement and structural equivalence as well as the equality of latent means of scores across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Grade 12, Single Sex Schools
Kanwal, Huma; Jorgensen, Robyn – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
This paper explores the participation of Muslim girls in Health, Physical Education (HPE) and Sports in Brisbane Muslim and non-Muslim schools. The debate of Muslim women's' participation in sports is strongly entwined with firmly held beliefs inherited through culture, religion, politics and tradition regarding the female body. Specifically, this…
Descriptors: Muslims, Team Sports, Females, Extracurricular Activities
Micucci, Kara Hanson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
A structural model for prior achievement, school integration, and self-efficacy was developed using Tinto's theory of student attrition and Bandura's self-efficacy theory. The model was tested and revised using a sample of 1,452 males and females from single-sex and coeducational parochial high schools. Results indicated that the theoretically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Single Sex Schools, Parochial Schools
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Bloomfield, Deen-Paul; Soyibo, Kola – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
This study was aimed at finding out if the level of performance of selected Jamaican Grade 12 students on an achievement test on the concept of genetics was satisfactory; if there were statistically significant differences in their performance on the concept linked to their gender, self-esteem, cognitive abilities in biology, school-type and…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Genetics
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Karpiak, Christie P.; Buchanan, James P.; Hosey, Megan; Smith, Allison – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007
We conducted an archival study at a coeducational Catholic university to test the proposition that single-sex secondary education predicts lasting differences in college majors. Men from single-sex schools were more likely to both declare and graduate in gender-neutral majors than those from coeducational schools. Women from single-sex schools…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), High Schools, Gender Differences, Gender Issues
Ryan, Erica Clare – International Education Journal, 2004
In this paper, factors that influence academic achievement and self-concept of Year 12 students in their final year of schooling at a Catholic co-educational school in Adelaide, Australia were investigated. The study hypothesised there were differences in attitudes and academic performance due to prior schooling experiences, sex, home experiences,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parents, Foreign Countries, School Policy