ERIC Number: EJ1349872
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 37
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ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
EISSN: EISSN-1934-5739
Mixed but Not Scrambled: Gender Gaps in Coed Schools with Single-Sex Classrooms
Paredes, Valentina
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v15 n2 p330-366 2022
In this paper we study the effect on the math gender gap from attending a coeducational school with single-sex classrooms versus attending a school with coeducational classrooms. That is, we compare the performance of girls versus boys within schools with single-sex classrooms compared to the performance of girls versus boys within schools with coeducational classrooms, using a difference-in-difference approach with school fixed effects. In line with the results of the previous literature that has found positive effects for female students, we find that coeducational schools with single-sex classrooms reduce the math gender gap by more than half. The effect is consistent with an increase in the math achievement of female students with no decrease in the achievement of male students. Finally, this effect is not driven by teacher characteristics or student-teacher gender matching, but it seems to be driven by how female students respond to the gender composition of the classroom.
Descriptors: Single Sex Classes, Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Achievement Gap, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Change, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Secondary School Students, Catholic Schools, Urban Schools, Educational Vouchers, Private Schools, Educational Practices, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 10; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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