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Peer reviewedSteinback, Myriam; Gwizdala, Joyce – School Science and Mathematics, 1995
Student attitudes toward mathematics were investigated before (n=353 females) and after (n=697 males and females) two single-sex, college preparatory, parochial high schools merged. Both sexes reported "teachers consider the boys smarter." Males perceived themselves as smarter, and females' self-confidence decreased after the merger. (23…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Coeducation, Females, Mathematics Education
Download full textKysor, Daniel, F. – 1993
This study explored how transitioning from a single-sex to a coeducational high school affected the self-concept of students in a private, Catholic high school. The initial data gathered were from a single-sex, all female population. Thereafter, data reflect an influx of males as the school transitioned from a single-sex to a coeducational high…
Descriptors: Coeducation, High School Students, High Schools, Parochial Schools
Young, Donna; And Others – 1980
Selected personality variables of college students who reside under different living arrangements were studied to determine the effect of student's type of housing, gender, and enrollment classification. A sample of students living in residential halls at Maryville College were administered the Attitude Toward Women Scale (ATWS), the Bem Sex Role…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Housing, College Students, Females
Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – 1988
Particularly in the 1960s and 1970s it was frequently argued that coeducational (Coed) high schools provided a more natural social environment to prepare adolescents for adulthood than did single sex (SS) schools. Based on the assumed accuracy of this belief, SS schools are becoming infrequent or even nonexistent in most western societies. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Bornholt, Laurel J.; And Others – 1988
To investigate factors which influence achievement self-concepts, students in grades 7 to 10 at three schools were asked to estimate their performance following standardized tests in mathematics and English. Two of the schools were single-sex and one was co-ed. Analyses dealt primarily with the effects of gender, grade, school type, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1980
A report of The Brown Project, which concerns coeducation at colleges in the late 1970s, is presented. Section one contains five working papers on various aspects of the undergraduate experience, based on the work of the research team representing six institutions. Topics concern: academic and intellectual development and sex differences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Coeducation, College Environment
