Performance Levels in Science and Other Subjects for Jamaican Adolescents Attending Single-Sex and Co-Educational High Schools.

Hamilton, Marlene A.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Performance Levels in Science and Other Subjects for Jamaican Adolescents Attending Single-Sex and Co-Educational High Schools.

Hamilton, Marlene A.

Science Education, v69 n4 p535-47 Jul 1985

Examination results from 1146 Jamaican high school students in single-sex and coeducational schools indicated students from coeducational schools had lower performance on all measures. A subsample provided more information on sex differences, performance in individual subjects, and students receiving grades of A or B. (DH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Coeducation, English, Females, High Schools, Physics, Science Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Single Sex Schools, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica

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