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Motivation and Engagement with Physics: A Comparative Study of Females in Single-Sex and Co-educational Classrooms
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Abraham, Jessy; Barker, Katrina – Research in Science Education, 2020
It has been argued that the establishment of single-sex classes for females can increase their motivation and participation in physics. This paper reports on findings from a multi-occasional study among 90 female year 11 physics students across single-sex and co-educational high schools in Australia. The aim of this study was to identify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Single Sex Classes
Coeducational and Single-Sex Physical Education: Students' Situational Interest in Learning Tasks Centred on Technical Skills
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Lentillon-Kaestner, Vanessa; Roure, Cédric – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: A student's choice to engage in a learning task is highly related to the student's environmental stimuli and his or her perception of interest. From this perspective, the construct of situational interest (SI) has been used to interpret students' motivation in task engagement. SI is assumed to be transitory, environmentally activated,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Coeducation, Single Sex Classes, Student Participation
Gender Equality in Secondary Education: A Study of Girls' Educational Access and Participation in Jordan between 2000 and 2005
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Belal, Fatima Omar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the changes of male and female enrollment in urban and rural areas in Jordan and the school-related factors, as well as government policies that contributed to its change. Both qualitative methods and archival research were utilized to collect data in urban and rural areas in Jordan. A selective sample of twelve people…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Quality, Rural Urban Differences, Urban Areas
In Favour of Coeducation: The Educational Attitudes of Students from Coeducational and Single-Sex High Schools.
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Schneider, Frank W.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Education, 1988
A questionnaire was administered to 2,029 students in Ontario (Canada), who were enrolled in grades 10 to 12, to compare the effects of coeducational versus single-sex educational environments. The questionnaire was designed to assess attitudes toward education, self-concept of academic ability, and preference for school setting (single-sex versus…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Coeducation, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Correlations among Six Learner Variables and the Performance of a Sample of Jamaican Eleventh-Graders on an Achievement Test on Respiration
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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
Public, Catholic Single-Sex, and Catholic Coeducational High Schools: Their Effects on Achievement, Affect and Behaviors.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – 1990
Growth during the last 2 years of high school was examined in public and Catholic high schools using data from the High School and Beyond database--a large, nationally representative study. Earlier research was extended by considering: (1) affective variables (e.g., self-concept, locus of control), academic choices (e.g., course selection), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Catholic Schools