Single Sex Classrooms Within A Coeducational Middle School Setting
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Single Sex Classrooms Within A Coeducational Middle School Setting
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Author : Pamela Gibbs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Single Sex Classrooms Within A Coeducational Middle School Setting written by Pamela Gibbs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Middle school students categories.
The purpose of this project was to discover achievement and behavioral differences among students who had been separated by sex in the classroom setting. Student performance in coed classes was compared in several areas to that of students in single sex classrooms for both sexes. The project was designed to elicit improved writing skills and more cooperative classroom behavior from middle school students engaged in a series of lessons that focused on the writing process. The students were involved in writing activities beginning with prewriting and ending with peer editing. All work was completed and collected in class. Qualitative assessments were based on Likert style questionnaires and one-on-one interviews. In general, while students appeared to find this form of education useful, quantitatively the results were mixed. The girls only class demonstrated the highest achievement, the coed classes the next highest levels of achievement, and the boys only class the least achievement.
For Girls Only
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Author : Janice Streitmatter
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1999-01-28
For Girls Only written by Janice Streitmatter and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-28 with Education categories.
Current research on the progress of female students in U.S. public schools suggests that efforts have not sufficiently addressed concerns such as academic under-achievement in the areas of math and science, lower self-esteem from the advent of early adolescence, and vulnerability to sexual harassment. Despite Title IX, some educators have turned to the creation of single-sex classes and programs for female students in order to better address these critical issues.
A Comparison Of Student Performance In Single Sex Education And Coeducational Settings In Urban Middle Schools
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Author : Craig Erico Ogden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
A Comparison Of Student Performance In Single Sex Education And Coeducational Settings In Urban Middle Schools written by Craig Erico Ogden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Author's abstract: Since amendments to NCLB in 2004, public schools have not only established single-sex schools, but have also established single-sex classrooms within coeducational schools. Most of these modifications were adopted as a means to provide support to lowachieving students, many of who reside in urban settings. Proponents of single-sex instruction state that mostly African Americans, Hispanics, and females benefit most from this type of instructional setting because single-sex environments help to reduce gender stereotypes students encounter in coeducational settings. Opponents of single-sex instruction believe that accomplishments achieved in single-sex environments can be achieved in coeducational environments if the proper teaching strategies were in place. Opponents also feel that not enough studies have been conducted to make a strong claim that single-sex environments are better than coeducational environments. This study compared GCRCT middle grades mathematics scores for three years at four middle schools within an urban school district in Georgia to determine if the instructional setting is a factor in student performance. Two single-sex schools were selected (one male and one female), and two coeducational schools (one traditional and one that incorporated homogeneous class groupings). In addition to the instructional setting, student gender and grade level were examined to identify possible relationships with students' GCRCT mathematics achievement. The results of this study indicated that sixth grade male coed single-sex students, and seventh grade female coed students in the sample group were more likely to pass the GCRCT in mathematics than their peers in the other instructional settings. A cohort group, which is a subset of the sample group, identified students who remained in one school for grades sixth through eight. The results indicated that sixth and eighth grade cohort female coed students were more likely to pass the GCRCT in mathematics than their peers in the other instructional settings. Results also indicated, over a three-year period female students of the sample group enrolled in coed classes, and female students of the cohort group enrolled in a single-sex school had the largest gains on the GCRCT in mathematics.
Gender In Policy And Practice
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Author : Amanda Datnow
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-23
Gender In Policy And Practice written by Amanda Datnow and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-23 with Education categories.
This book exposes the complexity of single-sex schooling, and sheds new light on how gender operates in policy and practice in education. The essays collected in this volume cover a wide range of institutions, including K-12 and higher education, public and private schools, and schools in the US and beyond. Detailing the educational experiences of both young men and women, this collection examines how schooling shapes-and is shaped by- the social construction of gender in history and in contemporary society.
Debating Single Sex Education
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Author : Frances R. Spielhagen
language : en
Publisher: R&L Education
Release Date : 2013-07-01
Debating Single Sex Education written by Frances R. Spielhagen and has been published by R&L Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with Education categories.
Debating Single Sex Education: Separate and Equal, 2nd edition, provides a balanced summary of the context, concerns, and findings about single sex education in 21st Century United States. Few school reforms have engendered as much controversy as single sex public education. This book examines the history of single-sex classes and legislation that has over time evolved to render the reform legal, even though it continues to be subject to public scrutiny and litigation. The book also provides insights into the social, religious, and cultural contexts that set the stage for the growing popularity of single-sex education over the last decade. It explains controversial brain-based research and addresses the problem of bullying in single-sex classes. Finally, the book includes findings based on research in single-sex schools across the nation. Do single-sex classes work? This book provides information that will allow the reader to make an informed decision about that question. Debating Single Sex Education: Separate and Equal,2nd edition, strives to inform the debate and add to the discourse on this popular school reform.
Ebook Rethinking Single Sex Teaching
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Author : Gabrielle Ivinson
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Release Date : 2007-11-16
Ebook Rethinking Single Sex Teaching written by Gabrielle Ivinson and has been published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-16 with Education categories.
The retreat to single-sex classes in co-educational comprehensive schools in the UK reflects a long history where educational policy and practice has made explicit the belief that boys and girls are different in how they learn and what they should learn. However, there is also a common assumption that there is equality in what is made available to learn and, if there is not, then single-sex organisation achieves this. The authors challenge this opinion and offer a fresh and theoretically informed look at the debate about single-sex teaching, presenting insights from research about the intended and unintended consequences of gender division in schools. Drawing on classroom observations and in-depth interviews with teachers and students, the book illustrates the effect of single-sex classrooms on learners and on the versions of subject knowledge made available to them. In exploring the differences in teaching practices between boys’ and girls’ classrooms, in relation to subjects such as Science, English, Drama, and Design and Technology, the authors highlight how single-sex teaching can, inadvertently, create circumstances which limit rather than open up students’ access to subject knowledge. The authors offer conceptual tools for investigating the knowledge-gender dynamic, advocating that learning will expand if teachers work with gender to help students to cross boundaries into non-traditional gender territories within subject lessons. Rethinking Single-Sex Teaching is thought-provoking reading for teachers, head teachers, academics and policy makers.
Successful Single Sex Classrooms
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Author : Michael Gurian
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-12-08
Successful Single Sex Classrooms written by Michael Gurian and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-08 with Education categories.
This book is an essential resource for educators who are teaching or leading schools with single-gender classes, whether they're in public, private, or Catholic schools. It is a "soup-to-nuts" guide, covering everything from curriculum planning and classroom design to school policies and parent-teacher communication. Whether contemplating this new educational trend, or already working within one of the 12,000 single-gender schools, this practical guide shows educators how they can make the most of a unique educational opportunity. Positioned at the forefront of brain-based learning, Michael Gurian's work translates and distills the latest scientific research into key points which can be immediately integrated into an educator's existing practice. The research underlines the importance of single-sex learning, and supports the creation and implementation of new strategies for accommodating the brain differences of boys and girls - at both the school and classroom level.
A Study Of Motives Challenges Professional Development And Beneficial Outcomes Of Single Gender Classrooms In Coeducational Public Middle Schools
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Author : Calvin McGlown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
A Study Of Motives Challenges Professional Development And Beneficial Outcomes Of Single Gender Classrooms In Coeducational Public Middle Schools written by Calvin McGlown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
McGlown, Calvin. Ed. D. The University of Memphis. December 2015. A Study of Motives, Challenges, Professional Development, and Beneficial Outcomes of Single-Gender Classrooms in Coeducational Public Middle Schools. Major Professor: Larry McNeal, Ph. D The purpose of this study was to examine the leading motivations, primary challenges, types of professional development engaged in, and positive outcomes perceived by administrators who have either initiated or inherited the practice of single-gender classes within coeducational middle school settings. To address the four research questions presented within this study, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to conduct multiple analyses that addressed four groups of dependent variables (motives, challenges, professional development, and beneficial outcomes of single-gender education) on the independent variables initiators and inheritors of the single-gender education initiative. Although, no statistically significant differences were observed for the two subgroups of respondents (initiators and inheritors) with respect to answering any of the research questions, there were clearly differences in the perceptions of all respondents as to which reasons most motivated their adoption of single-gender education: which challenges they regarded as the most serious, which types of professional development they most frequently engaged in, and which outcomes they most agreed their programs had achieved. For respondents in the aggregate, addressing learning style, improving student achievement, and decreasing the problems of low achievers were the reasons they selected as most important for taking on single-gender education. The greatest challenges they indicated, were those connected to teacher professional development, with respect to single-gender education and teaching under achieving students. In terms of their own professional development, administrators most frequently read articles and made observational visits to classes in their own schools. Administrators rarely took university coursework related to instruction or made conference presentations. All respondents agreed that their implementation of single-gender education produced a range of positive outcomes, such as improvement in student achievement.
Single Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling
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Author : U. S. Department of Education
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-01-22
Single Sex Versus Coeducational Schooling written by U. S. Department of Education and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-22 with categories.
Pro for single sex: Girls mature faster, so boys won't hold them back. Con for single-sex: It could be hard for single-sex students to assimilate into "mixed gender" society. Are Single-Sex Schools Better Than Co-Ed Schools? Read about both sides of the argument. Is the possibility of attraction and distraction in the classroom overrated? Single-sex education refers most generally to education at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary level in which males or females attend school exclusively with members of their own sex. This report deals primarily with single-sex education at the elementary and secondary levels. Research in the United States on the question of whether public single-sex education might be beneficial to males, females or a subset of either group (particularly disadvantaged youths) has been limited. However, because there has been a resurgence of single-sex schools in the public sector, it was deemed appropriate to conduct a systematic review of single-sex education research. A number of theoretical advantages to both coeducational (CE) and single-sex (SS) schools have been advanced by their advocates, a subset of whom have focused specifically on the potential benefits of SS schooling for disadvantaged males who have poor success rates in the educational system. The interpretation of results of previous studies in the private sector or the public sectors of other countries has been hotly debated, resulting in varying policy recommendations based on the same evidence. However, no reviews on this topic have been conducted using a systematic approach similar to that of the Campbell Collaboration (CC) or the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). Thus, the objective of this review is to document the outcome evidence for or against the efficacy of single-sex education as an alternative form of school organization using an unbiased, transparent, and objective selection process adapted from the standards of the CC and WWC to review quantitative studies. This book is a B&W copy of the government agency publication.
Early Implementation Of Public Single Sex Schools
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Author : Cornelius Riordan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Early Implementation Of Public Single Sex Schools written by Cornelius Riordan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Although for most of the nation's history, coeducation has been the norm in public elementary and secondary school, recent years have marked an increasing interest in public single-sex education. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) authorized school districts to use local or innovative program funds to offer single-sex schools and classrooms consistent with applicable laws and the U.S. Department of Education has published amendments to the Title IX regulations to provide additional flexibility to implement single-sex programs. In anticipation of an increase in the number of public single-sex schools, the U.S. Department of Education contracted with RMC Research Corporation to conduct a descriptive study of existing single-sex public schools to consider: (1) What is currently known about the effects of single-sex schooling on student achievement and other outcomes; (2) What is known about the causes of those outcomes; (3) Characteristics of public single-sex schooling, including contextual, instructional, and behavioral practices unique to single-sex schools; (4) Perceived benefits or disadvantages associated with single-sex schooling; and (5) Appropriate studies, including research questions and methodology, that will advance the knowledge base in this field. The study includes a review of the literature available in 2004, a survey of public single-sex schools, and a preliminary exploratory observational study of a subsample of currently operating public single-sex schools. Reported findings include: (1) Mixed results, with some suggestions supporting the premise that single-sex schooling can be helpful; (2) Little evidence of substantive modifications to curricula to address the specific needs of either boys or girls; (3) Greater positive academic and behavioral interactions between teachers and students in the single-sex elementary and middle schools than in the comparison coed schools.; (4) Both principals and teachers believed that the main benefits of single-sex schooling are decreasing distractions to learning, and improving student achievement; (5) Teachers cited greater benefits of single-sex schooling for girls than for boys in 5 of 10 benefit categories; (6) In separate focus groups, both parents and students cited essentially the same benefits as the teachers and implied that they chose the single-sex school for these reasons; (7) Teachers in single-sex high schools rated problems with student behavior as less serious than teachers in coed schools, although the opposite was true in middle schools; there were no statistically significant differences between single-sex and coed school teachers' ratings of problems at the elementary school level; (8) Compared to students in the coeducational schools, students in elementary and middle single sex schools exhibited a greater sense of community, interacted more positively with one another, showed greater respect for their teachers, were less likely to initiate class disruptions, and demonstrated more positive student role modeling than students in the coed comparison schools (site visits did not include a coeducational comparison high school); and (9) The research team suggests that future research use prior empirical work (both qualitative and quantitative) to identify variables that should be measured and potentially used as statistical controls, and recommends that a longitudinal study will yield data to evaluate both the effects of any randomization failure and the relative effects of attending a single-sex school. Three appendices include: ((1) Supplementary Exhibits; (2) Site Visit Reports; and (3) Data Collection Instruments. (Contains 16 footnotes and 41 exhibits.