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The Intersection of Gender and Culture in Argumentative Writing
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Tsemach, Ehud; Zohar, Anat – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This study explores the intersection of gender, sociocultural background, and argumentative socioscientific writing. It focuses on Jewish Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men and women who were educated in gender-segregated schools separated from the public education (PE) system in Israel. We compared argumentative essays written by these two groups to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cultural Influences, Persuasive Discourse, Public Education
Girls' Attitudes towards Science in Kenya
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Chetcuti, Deborah A.; Kioko, Beriter – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This study investigated girls' attitudes towards science in Kenya. It was carried out with 120 girls from four secondary schools in the Eastern province of Kenya. These were an urban single-sex (SS) and co-educational (Co-Ed) school and a rural SS and Co-Ed school. Different schools were chosen in order to explore whether there are any differences…
Descriptors: Females, Student Attitudes, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Cultural Learning Environment of Upper Secondary Science Students. Research Report
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Dhindsa, Harkirat S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
The aims of this research were to validate the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire in the Brunei context and to evaluate culturally sensitive factors (gender equity, collaboration, deference, competition, teacher authority, modelling and congruence) of upper secondary students' learning environment. The subjects of this study were 831…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Factor Analysis, Coeducation
Attitudes and Achievement of Bruneian Science Students.
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Dhindsa, Harkirat S.; Chung, Gilbert – International Journal of Science Education, 2003
Evaluates attitudes towards and achievement in science of Form 3 students studying in single-sex and coeducational schools in Brunei. Results demonstrated significant differences in attitudes towards and achievement in science of male and female students in single-sex schools and students in coeducational schools. (Contains 46 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Promoting Emotional Literacy, Equity and Interest in Science Lessons for 11-14 Year Olds; The "Improving Science and Emotional Development" Project. Research Report
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Matthews, Brian – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
One hundred and sixty-five Year 7 (11-12 years old) pupils in co-educational schools in England participated in a study investigating the effects of mixed gender working on attitudinal and social measures. Eighty-two children working in mixed-gender groups and 83 control children working mainly in single-gender groups were tested on a variety of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Interests, Social Development, Emotional Development