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Direct linkBelfi, Barbara; Goos, Mieke; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan – Educational Research Review, 2012
In the field of educational effectiveness research, the influence of a class' student body on students' individual achievement scores has been a popular research interest for many years. Yet, few studies have focussed on the effects of class composition on students' non-achievement outcomes, and up to now, hardly any attempts have been made to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Single Sex Classes, Ability Grouping, Secondary School Students
Kessels, Ursula; Hannover, Bettina – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Background: Establishing or preserving single-sex schooling has been widely discussed as a way of bringing more girls into the natural sciences. Aims: We test the assumption that the beneficial effects of single-sex education on girls' self-concept of ability in masculine subjects such as physics are due to the lower accessibility of…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Females, Single Sex Classes, Physics
Download full textKugler, Matther B.; Goethals, George R. – Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Williams College, 2006
Two studies explored the experience and performance of students at Williams College in three-person groups that were homogeneous or heterogeneous in rated academic ability. In accord with hypotheses from Festinger's (1954) social comparison theory, students in academically homogeneous groups had more positive experiences and performed better on…
Descriptors: Colleges, Selective Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Self Concept
