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Baker, David P.; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1995
Grade-12 results of the Second International Mathematics Study for Belgium, New Zealand, Thailand, and Japan suggest that when single-sex schooling is relatively scarce in a country, it influences student achievement by attracting students with unique characteristics. Achievement effects may be positive or negative depending on the function of…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Educational Environment
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Salomon, Eva – European Education, 1992
Contends that efforts to achieve sexual equality among boys and girls in Austria have not succeeded. Argues that girls have to adapt to male value patterns and standards. Recommends that teachers and parents work together to eliminate sexual bias, encourage boys and girls to work in cooperative groups, and provide girls with more opportunities for…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Philosophy, Educational Strategies
Leder, Gilah C.; Forgasz, Helen J. – 1994
Gender differences in mathematics learning continue to attract much research attention. Single-sex settings as the preferred option for improving schooling for girls have evoked fierce advocates as well as critics. This case study, undertaken in response to a specific request from a co-educational state school in the outer area of Melbourne,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coeducation, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Deutsch, Helga – 1981
In physical education classes at the secondary school level, objective, sex-fair evaluation is necessary to help each student develop to his or her fullest capacity. Student performance assessment must take into account the physiological differences between males and females after the onset of puberty. Within each sex there is a broad range of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adolescents, Athletics, Coeducation
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West, Anne; Hunter, Jay – British Educational Research Journal, 1993
Reports on two studies of British parental attitudes toward coeducational and single-sex secondary schools. Finds few differences between the parents of primary school girls and boys who will attend secondary schools in the future. Also finds a large majority of boys' parents believe that social advantages accrue for boys educated with girls. (CFR)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Wei, Chin-Lung – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1993
Describes a study of high school teachers in Taiwan that was conducted to determine how computers were used for instruction and learning; how teachers taught with and about computers; teachers' attitudes and opinions; and differences between boys', girls', and coeducational schools in the instructional uses of computers. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Equal Educational Opportunity Section. – 1982
This monograph presents a discussion of the problems involved in implementing sex-fair coeducational classes in physical education. Suggestions, which grew out of a symposium on coeducational physical education, are offered on procedures that may be used for ability grouping, such as what type of test(s) are appropriate and when to use single or…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Coeducation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Bastick, Tony – 2000
Many societies institute coeducational and single-sex schools to mediate adolescents' antisocial behavior. This paper details a study comparing antisocial behavior of adolescent boys and girls in coeducational schools with that of a matching group in single-sex schools in Jamaica. The study identified the 10 most common types of antisocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Coeducation
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The effects of single-sex versus coeducational arrangements were compared for 2,332 Catholic high school students representing 21 single-sex boys', 26 single-sex girls', and 33 coeducational schools. Various outcomes during the sophomore-to-senior period were nearly unaffected by school type. These findings contradict those of earlier national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Coeducation, Educational Environment
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
Haines, Patricia Foster – 1979
A case study of Cornell University in its formative years (1868-1900) is presented to suggest the value of the historical approach in understanding the problem of sex-role channeling in the coeducational environment. The case of Cornell illustrates how nineteenth century concepts of femininity and masculinity were fundamental to evolution of both…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coeducation, College Students, Educational History
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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
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Hoferek, Mary J. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1982
Describes a study which explored the relationship between sex role perceptions of physical educators and their attitudes/expectations regarding female participation and performance in various physical activities. Also examines sex of teachers versus teachers' self-definition of their sex role as a determinant of curriculum objectives valued.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Coeducation, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
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Lirgg, Cathy D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1993
Students from coeducational classes were assigned to a same-sex or a new coeducational physical education class for a 10-lesson unit of basketball. Group and individual analyses indicated that middle school students preferred same-sex classes, whereas high school students preferred coeducational classes. (SM)
Descriptors: Basketball, Coeducation, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Campbell, Kathleen T.; Evans, Cay – 1993
This paper discusses a study that compared enrollment patterns in advanced math and science courses of (n=720) junior and senior girls in public coed and parochial all-girls high schools in Louisiana. The study also examined survey responses regarding career goals and positive and negative career influences on girls. The same survey responses from…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Coeducation, Equal Education, Females
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