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Nellums, Michael W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine if Parental Involvement influenced academic performance at single gender and co-educational schools. This study also compared African American male academic achievement with all students enrolled in two single gender, and one coeducational, middle school programs. Although all three schools reflected a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Middle Schools, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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Meredith, Corine Cadle – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
This article illuminates the current status of our understanding regarding the academic and social-emotional needs of gifted, early adolescent females in the United States. A synthesis of both theoretical and empirical studies addresses two foundational questions. First, how do we describe the unique population of gifted, female, adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Traditional Schools, Single Sex Schools, Academically Gifted
Elam, Jeanette H. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to compare the academic performance of students enrolled in coeducational instruction and single-gender instruction. Within this framework, the researcher examined class type, gender, and racial/ethnicity using the sixth grade CRCT scores of selected students in the areas of mathematics and science. The fifth-grade…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Middle School Students, Females, Coeducation
Gibbons, Sandra L.; Humbert, Louise – Canadian Journal of Education, 2008
Many young women become disillusioned with physical education in their high-school years. Mounting evidence suggests that this disillusionment starts in early adolescence. This article discusses the experiences of female students in coeducational, middle-school, physical education classes. Focus group interviews, individual interviews, and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Early Adolescents, Sex Fairness, Student Motivation
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McKenzie, Thomas L.; Prochaska, Judith J.; Sallis, James F.; LaMaster, Kathryn J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2004
Efforts to design the most appropriate learning environments for adolescents frequently lead to discussions of separate-sex versus coeducational schooling. Arguments and research supporting both types of schooling have been made, particularly as they relate to academic, socioemotional, and interpersonal development. The conduct of physical…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Middle Schools, Adolescents, Sex Fairness
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Friend, Jennifer – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2006
This study examined two hypotheses related to same-gender grouping of eighth grade science classes in a public middle school setting. The hypotheses were (a) male and female students enrolled in same-gender science classes demonstrate more positive science academic achievement than their peers enrolled in mixed-gender classes, and (b) same-gender…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Teachers, Grade 8, Classroom Environment
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Sarsani, Mahender Reddy – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2007
The present study was aimed to assess the teachers' encouragement in the classroom for the promotion of students' creativity. A survey method was used for the present research with a sample of 373 subjects from ninth class. For collection of data four instruments were used, namely Student Information Sheet (SIS), two tests of "Creative…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Creativity, Surveys, Grade 9
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1908
Volume I begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction of the 1908 report. Chapter I is on current topics and discusses education relations, including professor, teacher and student exchanges. International congresses are discussed, including the first international congress of mothers, parents' national education union, universal…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Conferences (Gatherings), Mothers
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