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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Single-sex schools"”.
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Regime, reputation and resilience: the queer experience of Cape Town's single-sex schools
… of self-identified queer past pupils of single-sex schools in Cape Town, South Africa. The intention of the study was to gain insights into the implicit and explicit psycho-social and systematic control felt by student bodies in highly-traditional school spaces, through the specific lens …
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Relative effects of coeducation and single-sex schools on students' schooling, affection, and career choice: Exploring conventional and feminist perspectives
… whether two different secondary school types--single-sex and coeducational school--yield different schooling processes and outcomes, four major questions were raised: (a) Do the single-sex secondary schools affect students' schooling experiences? (b) Do the single-sex secondary schools directly …
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Assessment of Challenges Facing Girls and Boys in Academic Performance, A Case Study of Single Sex Secondary Schools in Tabora Municipality
… and boys in academic performance, a case of single sex secondary schools in Tabora region. It has investigated the perceptions of girls and boys on single sex schooling, the learning challenges facing girls and boys in secondary schools, which affected their academic performance, poor girl‟s …
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All Female Education: Self Image and Academic Success of Fourth Through Eight Grade Girls
… student perceptions within these all female schools. This study examines how young women in single sex institutions perceive their educational experience in four categories: academics, resources, participation, and self image. The results of this study indicate that girls in these schools are …
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Understanding student engagement: Insights from an all-girls urban neighborhood public high school
… city graduate from the public district high schools at an average annual rate of fifty-six percent. This low rate of high school completion predicts future financial and social instability for not only those individuals who drop out of school, but also for their surrounding community. The …
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Comparing math self-efficacy in middle school girls
… been no previous studies in the self-efficacy or single-sex schools literature that have looked at the possible relationship between self-efficacy expectations and type of school. This study compared mathematics self-efficacy of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade girls in a single-sex and a …
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A Comparison of Student Performance in Single-Sex Education and Coeducational Settings in Urban Middle Schools
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 …
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An investigation of the benefits from the transformation of a co-education secondary school to a single sex secondary school: a case of Katete secondary school
… the transformation of a co-education school to a single sex school with reference to Katete Secondary School. The study investigated the benefits of running a co-education school, the benefits of running a single sex school, the reasons for the transformation and the challenges faced in running …
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Navigating the freshman transition : a collective case study understanding the experience of students as they transition from 8th to 9th grade at a private, single-sex school in Texas.
At The Hockaday School, a private, single-sex school in Texas, many students struggle as they make the transition from eighth to ninth grade. Students feed into the ninth grade from within the school, or from other public and private schools, and come from either boarding or day-school backgrounds. …
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Troubling social justice in a single-sex public school : an ethnography of an emerging school culture
… of one major US city's first and only single-sex public school and the consequent shaping of the school culture according to its unique context. A comprehensive literature review demonstrates race, socioeconomic status, gender, sexuality, and other contextual factors are important …
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The Interplay of Identity, Culture, School and Mathematics: A Caribbean Perspective
… and analysis in a case study of secondary schools in Antigua and Barbuda. The overall theoretical perspective taken was socio-cultural, and drew largely on the notions of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu of habitus, cultural capital and field in his theory of the social reproductive …
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A study of the impact of single-gender classes on middle school students in an urban setting
… (OCR) issued proposals that permitted public single-gender schools and classes with few limitations. Additionally, within the past decade, the release of restrictions of Title IX, which originally prohibited the separation of genders, facilitated opportunities to implement single-gender …
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Steroids in the gym: the law, strong bodies and masculinity in South Africa
… particularly those that attended sports-focused, single-sex schools, the connection between a fit, strong and good-looking body is an extension of sports participation. For some young men, the habit of taking supplements as part of a fitness regime starts during the school-going years. The line …
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Examination of the Influence of Single Sex Instruction on Student Achievement and Behavior at Sixth Grade Level at Two Middle Schools
… to relax the restrictions of Title IX regarding single sex instruction. Opponents responded by contending there was a lack of credible research on single sex instruction and the proposed modifications were based strictly on the desire to make available to public education the same instructional …
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Exploring and Understanding Factors Contributing to the Success of a Single Gender School for African American Males
… success of a predominantly African American single gender public charter high school serving young men located in a large metropolitan northeastern city. Study participants included teachers, school administrators, school board members, and other school staff who agreed to participate in this …