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French, Jane – Educational Research, 1984
A verbatim transcription of a lesson in a class of 10- to 11-year-olds is analyzed to support the observation that, in mixed-sex classrooms, male pupils receive more teacher attention than females. Among the reasons found for this imbalance is the tendency of boys to engage in strategies to secure attention. (SK)
Descriptors: Attention, Classroom Environment, Coeducation, Elementary Education
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Biskup, Claudia; Pfister, Gertrud; Robke, Cathrin – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1998
Examines the results of interviews with elementary school children that gauged the attitudes towards and reasons for a partial separation by gender. Proposes an occassional separation of girls and boys for special pedogogical intervention. Discusses the findings. (CMK)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females
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Kruse, Anne-Mette – Gender and Education, 1992
Danish coeducational elementary school teachers are conducting innovative pedagogical projects and use sex segregation as an organizational method in introducing and developing equal opportunities and antisexist pedagogical initiatives. Teachers committed to gender equity and antisexism and who are close to their students can effectively use the…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
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Brutsaert, H; Bracke, P. – Educational Studies, 1994
Reports on a study of the effects of single-sex and mixed-sex schooling on personality characteristics among 2095 Belgian sixth-grade students. Finds that it is not the student gender composition but the gender composition of the teaching staff that exerts influence. (CFR)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Coeducation, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy