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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
Student Academic Self-Concept and Perception of Classroom Environment in Single-Sex and Coeducational Middle Grades Mathematics Classes
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Kombe, Dennis; Che, S. Megan; Carter, Traci L.; Bridges, William – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
In this article, we present findings from a study that investigated the relationship between all-girls classes, all-boys classes, and coeducational classes on student mathematics self-concept and student perception of classroom environment. Further, we compared responses of girls in all-girls classes to girls in coeducational classes and responses…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Mathematics Education
Effect of Gender on Students' Emotion with Gender-Related Public Self-Consciousness as a Moderator in Mixed-Gender Physical Education Classes
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Moon, Minkwon; Jeon, Hyunsoo; Kwon, Sungho – School Psychology International, 2016
The present study investigates whether gender-related public self-consciousness moderates the relationship between students' gender and emotions in mixed-gender physical education classes. The Positive and Negative Affect Scales and the Gender-related Public Self-Consciousness Scale were administered to 380 middle-school students in South Korea.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Gender Differences, Self Concept
Gender Differences in Mathematics Attitudes in Coeducational and Single Sex Secondary Education
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Lee, Kester; Anderson, Judy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
Exploring why more boys than girls continue to study higher levels of mathematics in senior school when there appear to be no gender differences in achievement in earlier years is worthy of investigation. There are potentially many reasons why this occurs including career aspirations, interest, and attitudes. One factor explored in this study was…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
Student Academic Self-Concept and Perception of Classroom Environment in Single-Sex and Coeducational Middle Grades Mathematics Classes
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Carter, Traci; Kombe, Dennis; Che, S. Megan – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
In this paper we present findings from a study investigating the relationship between all girls' classes, all boys' classes and coeducational classes on student mathematics self-concept and student perception of classroom environment. Further, we compared responses of girls in all girls' classes to girls in coeducational classes and responses of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Mathematics Education