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Dhindsa, Harkirat S.; Salleh, Siti-Zahrani Binti Haji Md – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
Students who study science in single-sex and coeducational schools have attracted lots of attention from the education community. However, changes to students' attitudes toward science as they progress to higher grades in these schools are not clearly understood. The aim of this study was to compare the changes in attitudes toward science among…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Single Sex Schools, Affective Behavior, Student Attitudes
Lee, Kester; Anderson, Judy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
Exploring why more boys than girls continue to study higher levels of mathematics in senior school when there appear to be no gender differences in achievement in earlier years is worthy of investigation. There are potentially many reasons why this occurs including career aspirations, interest, and attitudes. One factor explored in this study was…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Chouinard, Roch; Vezeau, Carole; Bouffard, Therese – Educational Studies, 2008
The aim of the present study was to further examine the impact over time of single-sex and coeducational school environments on girls' motivation in language arts and mathematics. Two cohorts comprising 340 girls (7th to 9th grade; 9th to 11th grade) from eight coeducational and two single-sex schools were followed during a period of three…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Achievement Need, Student Motivation