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Maher, Michael J. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2004
This study is a survey of incoming freshmen at a Midwestern Catholic university on their agreement with Church teachings on homosexuality. In general, females had more homo-positive attitudes than males, graduates of catholic high schools had more homo-positive attitudes than graduates from non-Catholic high schools, and graduates from…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Graduates, Homosexuality, Catholic Schools
Anderson, Richard E. – 1977
During the past decade many single-sex colleges became coeducational and many religious colleges became secular. What have been the effects of these strategic institutional changes? Examined are the environmental, educational, and financial consequences at 40 private colleges that changed their policies. The evidence shows that broader missions do…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Coeducation, College Choice, Educational Change
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Schneider, Frank W.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Education, 1988
A questionnaire was administered to 2,029 students in Ontario (Canada), who were enrolled in grades 10 to 12, to compare the effects of coeducational versus single-sex educational environments. The questionnaire was designed to assess attitudes toward education, self-concept of academic ability, and preference for school setting (single-sex versus…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Coeducation, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Miller-Bernal, Leslie – Youth and Society, 1989
This study tests the notion that single sex colleges provide a more "favorable climate" for women's achievement than do comparable coeducational institutions. Rather than outcomes, the following college experiences are compared: (1) students' activities; (2) relations with faculty and peers; and (3) sex-role attitudes. Qualified findings…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Environment, Extracurricular Activities, Females
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Riordan, Cornelius – Review of Higher Education, 1992
A study examined the effects of single- and mixed-gender colleges on women's education, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Results indicate women's colleges have a strong, positive influence on educational and occupational achievement, self-esteem, self-control, and views on gender equality.…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
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
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Miller-Bernal, Leslie – American Journal of Education, 1993
Analysis of a panel study of 260 women at 4 colleges (women's college, coordinate of men's college, long-time coeducational college, recently coeducational college) to evaluate why alumnae of women's colleges succeed more than graduates of coeducational colleges. Role models and college activities and their effects on self-esteem are considered.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Coeducation, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
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Lynch, Fionnuala; Mills, Carla; Daly, Irenee; Fitzpatrick, Carol – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
Suicide rates in young Irish males have risen markedly in the past 10 years, and suicide is now the leading cause of death in young men in the 15-24-year-old age range. This is the first large-scale study in Ireland that set out to identify young people at risk of psychiatric disorders, including depressive disorders, and suicidal ideation. Seven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Health Promotion, Psychological Studies
Brody, Celeste; Fuller, Kasi; Gosetti, Penny Poplin; Moscato, Susan; Nagel, Nancy; Pace, Glennellen; Schmuck, Patricia – 1998
This paper explores how students from three different high schools (one all female, one all male changing to coeducation, and one previously all female, and now coeducational) experience school culture, how institutions, through their policies and practices, communicate normative behavior about gender, and how gender is communicated through…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Coeducation, Females, Focus Groups
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
Lentz, Linda P. – 1977
The question of whether women enrolling in women's colleges are more career-oriented than those enrolling in coeducational colleges was investigated. The study was prompted by earlier work concerning the effects of women's colleges on career success. The 1,818 subjects from generally comparable colleges (five women's and nine coeducational)…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Coeducation, College Choice, Colleges
Matthews, Martha; McCune, Shirley – 1976
The materials contained in this handbook provide one framework for organizing a self-evaluation under Title IX. Local education agencies will need to review and adapt these materials for effective use in the context of particular situations and needs. Separate chapters are presented on: access to general courses; access to physical education…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Coeducation, Discriminatory Legislation
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Astin, Alexander W. – Change, 1977
According to a national study, many recent policy changes in American higher education have not only failed to enhance educational programs but have contributed to their deterioration. Focus is on the expansion of the public sector, the shift toward larger institutions, the eclipse of single-sex colleges, public community colleges, deemphasis on…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Coeducation, Community Colleges, Educational Demand
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
Dorman, Jeffrey P. – 1997
This paper reports learning environment research conducted in Australian Catholic high schools. A two-stage methodology involving quantitative and qualitative data-collection methods was employed. In the first stage, a sample of 1,719 students and 160 teachers responded to a specially developed classroom-environment questionnaire. Results…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Coeducation, Data Collection, Educational Environment
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