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Bastick, Tony – 2000
Anti-social behavior is reported to be a growing problem in school systems of different countries. A comparison was made about anti-social adolescent behaviors between students who attend single-sex schools and coeducational schools in Jamaica. Students (N=112) were interviewed to determine the most prevalent school discipline problems. A sample…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Coeducation, Discipline Problems
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Kester, Scott W. – Integrated Education, 1971
Since sex differences tend to disappear under identical systems of training with individual differences being more powerful than sex differences, whatever differences between the sexes in achievement and aptitude there may be do not warrant separating the sexes for instructional purposes. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Board of Education Policy, Coeducation
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Robinson, Pamela; Smithers, Alan – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 1999
English researchers compared the academic and social benefits of single sex and coeducational schools, examining test scores and interviewing 100 college students (balanced for sex and type of school) about their experiences and their ease of adjustment to higher education. Results indicated that segregating the sexes did not increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, College Students, Foreign Countries
Campbell, Patricia B.; Storo, Jennifer N. – 1996
This pamphlet examines the misconception that one's gender is a significant predictor of abilities and interests. Knowing whether an individual is female or male tells a great deal biologically but very little otherwise. Gender is not a good predictor of academic skills, interests or emotional characteristics. Sections of the pamphlet include: (1)…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Mathematics Instruction
Frankel, Stuart; And Others – 1982
The purpose of this guide is to assist junior high physical education teachers to plan coeducational physical education classes in grades seven through nine as mandated by Title IX. A brief outline is presented of the physiological and psychological characteristics of junior high school students and how consideration of these factors may be used…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Athletics, Coeducation, Developmental Stages
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Harvey, T. J. – Educational Studies, 1984
Results showed differences in subject preference between male and female students and between mixed and single-sex schools in England. Perceptions of subject importance also showed some sex differences, but on the whole males and females from both kinds of schools are in broad agreement as to the relative importance of subjects. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Educational Research
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Tamayo, Federico M. V.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Catholic Schools
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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
Spender, Dale – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
Many myths associated with masculine and feminine talk have had to be discarded as more research has been undertaken. Sex differences in areas such as talkativeness, voice pitch, and listening ability do not really exist. But stereotypes still keep many females from speaking up in mixed-sex classes. (SJL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Coeducation, Females, Language Styles
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McEwen, 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
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Lirgg, Cathy D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1994
Studying the perceptions of 199 middle school students and 190 high school students about class environment showed that same-sex and coeducational physical-education classes revealed quite different climates. Overall, girls' same-sex classes were perceived most favorably, and boys' same-sex classes were viewed least favorably. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Environment, Females, High School Students
Tickner, Anne-Marie – 1992
This study examined the effect of single-sex schooling on the academic and social development of boys. An extensive literature review presents the conflicting results of studies of various issues related to single-sex education. Subjects of the present study were 39 boys in a fourth grade class at a boys school and 23 boys in a fourth grade class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Lasser, Carol, Ed. – 1987
Twelve essays by contemporary scholars explore, from a historical perspective, the meaning of collegiate coeducation in the United States, including its value, utility, significance, and successes and failures in supplying equal education for both sexes. An introductory first section contains the essay "Coeducation in a Gender-Stratified…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Coeducation, Educational History, Equal Education
Countiss, Joyce R.; And Others – 1977
Titles VI and IX require coeducational physical education classes and equity in athletic offerings and coaches' salaries, and prohibit sex discrimination in public schools. In New Jersey, compliance with the law is in the best educational interest of both male and female students. Educators leading intramural and interscholastic athletics programs…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Athletics
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
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