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Direct linkBloomfield, 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
Download full textBastick, Tony – 2000
Anti-social behavior is reported to be a growing problem in school systems of different countries. A comparison was made about anti-social adolescent behaviors between students who attend single-sex schools and coeducational schools in Jamaica. Students (N=112) were interviewed to determine the most prevalent school discipline problems. A sample…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Coeducation, Discipline Problems
Peer reviewedHamilton, Marlene A. – Science Education, 1985
Examination results from 1146 Jamaican high school students in single-sex and coeducational schools indicated students from coeducational schools had lower performance on all measures. A subsample provided more information on sex differences, performance in individual subjects, and students receiving grades of A or B. (DH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Coeducation
Bastick, Tony – 2000
Many societies institute coeducational and single-sex schools to mediate adolescents' antisocial behavior. This paper details a study comparing antisocial behavior of adolescent boys and girls in coeducational schools with that of a matching group in single-sex schools in Jamaica. The study identified the 10 most common types of antisocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Coeducation
Jha, Jyotsna, Kelleher, Fatimah – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement--both in terms of participation and performance--has also become an issue in a number of countries. This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Soyibo, Kola; Pinnock, Jacqueline – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
This study aimed at establishing if the level of performance of 500 Jamaican Grade 11 students on an achievement test on the concept of respiration was satisfactory (mean = 28 or 70% and above) or not (less than 70%); if there were statistically significant differences in their performance on the concept linked to their gender, cognitive abilities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Tests, Science Achievement
