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University Students from Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in Majors and Attitudes at a Catholic University
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Karpiak, Christie P.; Buchanan, James P.; Hosey, Megan; Smith, Allison – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007
We conducted an archival study at a coeducational Catholic university to test the proposition that single-sex secondary education predicts lasting differences in college majors. Men from single-sex schools were more likely to both declare and graduate in gender-neutral majors than those from coeducational schools. Women from single-sex schools…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), High Schools, Gender Differences, Gender Issues
Sex-Role Stereotyping by High School Females in Science.
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Vockell, 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
A Sample Survey of Attitudes to Computer Studies.
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Gardner, J. R.; And Others – Computers and Education, 1986
Discusses survey of 1,441 lower sixth-form Northern Ireland students which explored attitudes toward computing and computers, aspirations towards computer-related careers, and attitudes toward programming and game playing activities. Statistical tests were applied to results to identify overall trends and assess significance of boy-girl agreement…
Descriptors: Careers, Coeducation, College Bound Students, Computers
School Subject Preferences of Pupils in Single Sex and Co-educational Secondary Schools.
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Colley, Ann; And Others – Educational Studies, 1994
Reports on a study of school subject preference among 566 male and 567 female students in both single-sex and coeducational British secondary schools. Finds an effect of school type for younger students only. Also finds clear effects of gender with higher rankings given to mathematics and science by boys and to art by girls. (CFR)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Course Selection (Students), Females, Foreign Countries