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Peer reviewedDhindsa, Harkirat S.; Chung, Gilbert – International Journal of Science Education, 2003
Evaluates attitudes towards and achievement in science of Form 3 students studying in single-sex and coeducational schools in Brunei. Results demonstrated significant differences in attitudes towards and achievement in science of male and female students in single-sex schools and students in coeducational schools. (Contains 46 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPollina, Ann – Educational Leadership, 1995
The female perspective is vital to scientific inquiry and science education. Three National Coalition of Girls' Schools symposia demonstrate educators' need to connect math, science, and technology to the real world; choose metaphors carefully; foster collaboration; encourage girls to be experts and technology controllers; and capitalize on girls'…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Coeducation, Feminism, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedVockell, Edward L.; Lobonc, Susan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1981
Examined two questions: (1) Do high school students perceive the physical sciences as more masculine career fields than the biological sciences; and (2) what is the influence of coeducation on these sex-stereotyped positions? Utilized a questionnaire requiring a rating of 45 career fields as masculine or feminine. (DS)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Coeducation, Females, High School Students
Peer reviewedMcEwen, Alex; Knipe, Damian; Gallagher, Tony – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1997
Examines the impact of government science education policy through the uptake of science A level subjects and patterns of attainment among boys and girls. Whereas recent evidence from Britain has been popularly interpreted as showing the educational advantage of single-sex schooling, the evidence of this study suggests that pupils are more likely…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Coeducation, Course Selection (Students), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHarker, Richard – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2000
Explores the gender differences in achievement in New Zealand secondary schools within English, mathematics, and science. Examines the achievement of girls in single-sex versus coeducational schools. Utilizes data from a longitudinal study of 37 schools and national-level data from the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the National…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Educational Research, English Instruction
Download full textOgunsola-Bandele, Mercy F. – 1999
This study examined the differences and similarities experienced by secondary school science teachers when teaching science within and outside their area of specialization in single sex and co-educational schools. Interviews were conducted and audio taped for six experienced science teachers on their qualification, classes/subjects taught and…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching
