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Boy-Only Classrooms: Gender Reform in Windsor, Ontario 1966-1972
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Greig, Christopher John – Educational Review, 2011
From 1966 to 1972, Flintridge Elementary school located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada implemented a short lived gender reform plan to help raise boys' achievement. Shaped by a variety of complex historical factors and fuelled by a desire for innovation, educators from Flintridge Elementary sought to address the educational needs of primary school…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Males
Impact of Single-Sex Instruction on Student Motivation to Learn Spanish
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Kissau, Scott; Quach, Lan; Wang, Chuang – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2009
To increase male motivation to learn additional languages studies have suggested teaching males in single-sex second and foreign language classes (Carr & Pauwels, 2006; Chambers, 2005). Despite the reported benefits of this unique arrangement, a review of literature found no related research conducted in Canada or the United States. To address…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries, Spanish
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes, Achievement and Enrollment in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year II.
Sangster, Sandra; Crawford, Patricia – 1986
Many students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes, Achievement and Enrollment in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year III.
Sangster, Sandra – 1988
To improve female students' attitudes toward mathematics and to increase the enrollment of females in upper level mathematics courses, students enrolled in grade 10, 11, and 12 at A. Y. Jackson Secondary School were placed in sex-segregated math classes. This study focused on four main areas: attitudes, achievement, enrollment, and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries
Effect of Sex-Segregated Mathematics Classes on Student Attitudes and Achievement in Mathematics: A. Y. Jackson Secondary School, Year 1.
Macfarlane, Jim; Crawford, Pat – 1985
A great number of students, and a particularly high proportion of females, do not study mathematics beyond minimum high school requirements. Research indicates that segregation of mathematics classes may help reduce the incidence of female students dropping out of that subject. In an attempt to redress this situation, A. Y. Jackson Secondary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Females, Foreign Countries, Grade 10