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'It's Nice to Have Choices:' Influence of Purposefully Negotiating the Curriculum on the Students in One Mixed-Gender Middle School Class and Their Teacher
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Guadalupe, Tasha; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
A growing body of research has suggested that teachers who give their students the opportunity to voice their opinions by purposefully negotiating the curriculum can improve engagement and realize a number of important affective goals. In this paper, we describe the study of one teacher, Jennifer, as she attempted to purposefully negotiate the…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Curriculum Development
Affective Domain Progression in Single-Sex and Coeducational Schools
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Dhindsa, Harkirat S.; Salleh, Siti-Zahrani Binti Haji Md – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
Students who study science in single-sex and coeducational schools have attracted lots of attention from the education community. However, changes to students' attitudes toward science as they progress to higher grades in these schools are not clearly understood. The aim of this study was to compare the changes in attitudes toward science among…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Single Sex Schools, Affective Behavior, Student Attitudes
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 Differences in Mathematics Attitudes in Coeducational and Single Sex Secondary Education
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Lee, Kester; Anderson, Judy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
Exploring why more boys than girls continue to study higher levels of mathematics in senior school when there appear to be no gender differences in achievement in earlier years is worthy of investigation. There are potentially many reasons why this occurs including career aspirations, interest, and attitudes. One factor explored in this study was…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
Effect of the Sport Education Tactical Model on Coeducational and Single Gender Game Performance
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Pritchard, Tony; McCollum, Starla; Sundal, Jacqueline; Colquit, Gavin – Physical Educator, 2014
Physical education teachers are faced with a decision when teaching physical activities in schools. What type of instructional model should be used, and should classes be coeducational or single gender? The current study had two purposes. The first purpose investigated the effectiveness of the sport education tactical model (SETM) during game play…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Models, Coeducation, Single Sex Classes
Differences in Perceived Competence and Physical Activity Levels during Single-Gender Modified Basketball Game Play in Middle School Physical Education
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Slingerland, Menno; Haerens, Leen; Cardon, Greet; Borghouts, Lars – European Physical Education Review, 2014
Creating environments in physical education (PE) that foster perceived competence and physical activity during gender-mixed game play lessons is a challenge, especially with adolescent girls. This study is a small experiment in one PE lesson that aimed to increase the perceived competence and in-class physical activity in girls, by applying a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Adolescents, Coeducation