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Wesley Sharpe offers two points of view on this hot topic! What happens to the bright-eyed exuberance of girls between the primary grades and high school graduation? Do schools shortchange boys? Could single-gender classes or schools make a difference?
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Consider this comment from one of the boys in the single-gender class: "We don't ... Specifically, girls at all levels of academic ability did better in single-sex schools than in coed schools; whereas for boys, the beneficial effect of single-sex schools was significant only for boys at the lower end of the ability scale.
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Some have argued that the answer to any gender differences is to reform coed schools, not switch students to single-sex settings. The GAO summarizes these views as follows:
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Delayed socialization, traditional gender stereotypes enforced, and a false sense of the causes of higher achievement. These factors are a reality in single gender schools. When children are forced to deal with negative ... Reinforcement of traditional gender roles is another negative effect of single gender schools.
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Not surprisingly, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) believes single-sex schools provide a superior education. A study by the group shows that in co-educational ... Girls at single-gender schools plan careers in math, science and technology four times more often than their peers from other schools.
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Project: Gender differentiation: Gender differences in academic achievement and self-concept in coeducational and single-sex schools ... Single-sex/coeducational comparisons are hampered by the problem of selecting equivalent schools of each type of gender-based enrolment.
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See generally ALEXANDER ASTIN, FOUR CRITICAL YEARS (1977) (arguing that students at single-gender schools are able to invest more energy in school-oriented activities because they have few opportunities to engage in courtship activities).
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This study sought to provide empirical evidence on the effect of gender streaming on the classroom learning environment. ... Researching the phenomenon has been complicated by single gender classes predominantly existing in single gender schools, which renders gender comparison potentially invalid due to school-site...
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While there has been considerable furor in both public and educational spheres concerning existing and proposed single-sex schools during the past decade, ... Furthermore, there are few experimental studies to tell us whether or not there is a cause-and-effect relationship between single-sex classes and particular outcomes.
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But although the first all-female academies, founded in the early 1800s, reflected a commitment to traditional gender roles, ... The first generations of educated women were products of single-sex secondary and undergraduate schools, with few exceptions (Oberlin became the country's first coed college, in 1837).
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