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The Effect of Single Gender Instruction on Eighth Grade Students' Mathematics Achievement
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Hammel, David Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the research study, this investigator utilized a non-experimental, causal-comparative design (ex post facto) with archival data to determine the real impact single gender instruction had on eighth grade students' mathematics achievement. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively analyze the benefits of single gender mathematics…
Descriptors: Single Sex Classes, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
School Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of Single-Gender Classrooms in Coeducational Public Middle Schools within South Carolina
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Moore, Shemmicca M. B. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The academic achievement gap between male and female students set in motion a flurry of initiatives to help address male underachievement. The amendments made to Title IX allowed single-gender education to become a viable option for addressing those gaps in achievement. After the adjustments made to Title IX, South Carolina led the nation in the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Teacher Attitudes, Single Sex Classes, Public Schools
Gender-Specific Instructional Strategies and Student Achievement in 5th Grade Classrooms
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Dickey, Millicent Whitener – ProQuest LLC, 2014
There are three purposes of this mixed methods phenomenological case study. First, the researcher attempted to determine if there is evidence that teachers in single-sex classes adjust the delivery of the academic content when compared to coeducational classes. Secondly, while trying to understand the phenomenon of learning in a single-sex…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Phenomenology, Case Studies, Single Sex Classes
A Case Study of the Academic Achievement of African American Males in Single-Sex Classrooms in Rural South Carolina
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Pannell, Lynette Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores between fourth-grade African American male students who were enrolled in single-sex classrooms and their counterparts who were enrolled in coeducational classrooms. The research provided descriptive data concerning one Title I school in rural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Males, African Americans, Case Studies
Stopping the "Flow of Co-Eds and Other Female Species": A Historical Perspective on Gender Discrimination at Southern (U.S.) Colleges and Universities
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McCandless, Amy Thompson – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009
The interrelated nature of gender and racial constructs in the culture of the southern United States accounts for much of the historical prejudice against coeducation in the region's institutions of higher education. This essay offers a historical perspective on gender discrimination on the campuses of Southern universities from the attempts to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Coeducation, Campuses
Public Opinion on School-Based Sex Education in South Carolina
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Alton, Forrest L.; Valois, Robert F.; Oldendick, Robert; Drane, J. Wanzer – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2009
The purpose of this article was to determine opinions on the use of abstinence only versus comprehensive sex education by registered voters in South Carolina. A cross-sectional, random-digit dial sample was utilized. Approximately 81% of respondents indicated support for sex education that emphasizes abstinence but also teaches about the benefits…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Coeducation, Case Studies