Should Physics Classes Be Single Sex?.

Stowe, Lawrence G.

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ERIC Number: EJ452049

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Should Physics Classes Be Single Sex?

Stowe, Lawrence G.

Physics Teacher, v29 n6 p380-81 Sep 1991

Results of an experiment offering single-sex and mixed-sex physics classes in a private secondary school indicated that girls in single-sex classes participated more frequently; students overall experienced greater learner satisfaction; and single-sex classes had a statistically significant, positive influence on girls' interest in physics-related careers. (MDH)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Coeducation, Heterogeneous Grouping, High Schools, Homogeneous Grouping, Participant Satisfaction, Physics, Postsecondary Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Sex Differences, Single Sex Classes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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