Efforts to design the most appropriate learning environments for adolescents frequently lead to discussions of separate-sex versus coeducational schooling. Arguments and research supporting both types of schooling have been made, particularly as they relate to academic, socioemotional, and interpersonal development. The conduct of physical…

Many studies support the existence of a significant decline in students' academic self-concept from early to mid-adolescence. In comparison, the findings on gender effect are less conclusive. This study aimed to determine whether there is any grade or gender effect on adolescents' academic self-concept in the Singapore context. Specifically, the…

This article examines the journey of a secondary school in its attempts to be more responsive to community values. The school had worked hard for many years to gain the trust of the Asian-heritage population, and, after much debate and consultation, it was agreed to teach boys and girls separately in the first three years. The article examines the…

The title of this essay, comes from the Sherlock Holmes mystery entitled "Silver Blaze," which refers the "curious incident" as to the absence of an expected reaction. In this article, the author discusses an essay that will examine such an absent reaction, or at least a muted one: the limited impact of early intelligence…

Drawing on survey data, this paper explores the association between early adolescents' gender-role identity and sense of peer group acceptance, and how this association may vary as a function of the gender context of the school. Two indicators of gender-role identity were included in the analysis: in one measure the items reflect features of…

A 10-year study examined the relationship between type of school and student self-concept and academic achievement. The study was conducted at two coeducational high schools in Australia, one of which had been an all-girls' school and the other an all-boys' school. Subjects were approximately 1,300 students from grades 7 to 11 in the two schools.…

This manual shows teachers how to analyze and present sport skills by breaking them down into fundamental body movements that can be used in all sports. Complete information is given on how to teach seven team sports effectively in a coeducational setting. Advice is offered on how to organize course material, develop a curriculum, plan teaching…

Research has shown that an active mentor can facilitate the career development of the neophyte. The hypothesis was tested that the failure of women to sponsor others, i.e., to assume a mentor role, is the logical outcome of situational pressures exerted on all persons who fill, and succeed in, a token role, rather than merely how women act when…

This transcript of a National Public Radio broadcast discusses the impact of Title IX on elementary and secondary physical education. Topics covered include competition, difficulties involved in the sex integration of sports, statements on Title IX by five chief state school officers, the experience of Massachusetts in implementing Title IX, and…

Interpersonal values of over 800 intellectually gifted adolescent females were studied for differences (1) between co-educational and all-girl settings, (2) between themselves and gifted adolescent boys, (3) between younger and older girls in all-girl settings, and (4) between themselves and national norms of adolescent girls. Six values were…

This study uses New Zealand secondary school students to assess the effects of coeducation on student attitudes and behaviors related to academic motivation and achievement. Subjects were 1225 students in their third and fourth years of secondary school. Part of the sample attended coeducational schools, and part attended single-sex schools.…

This self-contained home economics miniunit on housing is part of a set of 21 designed to provide middle school/junior high boys and girls opportunities to explore several areas of study within a 6-, 9-, or 12-week period of instruction. Each unit is designed to be free of sex-role stereotyping and is identified as level I (suggested for grades…

The mandatory provision to make sixth grade classes in home economics and industrial arts at Schaghticoke Middle School coeducational created a controversy between the National Organization for Women and the John Birchers. (EC)

Examines assumptions and issues underlying the development of continuing education programs for women. Assesses patterns of discontinuous vs. continuous education, accommodation to social norms vs. change, separatist vs. nonseparatist education, and remedial vs. a preventive approach to role definition and lifetime planning. (Editor/JT)

Are girls less likely to be treated as second-class citizens if they are educated separately from boys? Compares the views of girls in a single-sex comprehensive with those of girls in a co-educational school.(Editor/RK)