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Brett M. Wasden; Stacy K. Vincent – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2024
Single-sex classrooms have been a topic of interest in the educational community since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The academic achievement gap between boys and girls in high school is a complex and multifaceted issue that has garnered significant attention in educational research. Proponents of single-sex classrooms argue that it…
Descriptors: Single Sex Classes, Vocational Interests, Agricultural Education, Secondary School Students
Hamda Alansaari; Jessica Essary – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to examine the perceptions of male and female Emirati students regarding the competency of male and female faculty members in general introductory courses at a higher education institution in Dubai, which follows a policy of segregating undergraduates by sex. Design/methodology/approach: Using a purposive research design,…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Almasri, Firas – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
This study aimed to compare female and male students' attitudes and achievements within different learning settings determined by e-learning and in-classroom learning modalities, collaborative (CL), and traditional (TL) learning pedagogies and investigated the effect of single-gender (SG) and mixed-gender (MG) grouping in an undergraduate biology…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Min Kyung Kim; Jongwon Park – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The declining interest in science learning, along with students' perception that science is irrelevant to their daily lives, has been identified as a significant issue. This research aimed to help students connect abstract scientific concepts with their personal and everyday experiences. To achieve this, the research utilized the metaphysical…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science and Society, Authentic Learning, Relevance (Education)
Zach, Sima; Cohen, Rona; Arnon, Michal – Physical Educator, 2020
This study compared the effect of the cooperative learning and direct instruction models on the motivational climate in physical education lessons. Participants were 121 seventh-grade students. The Achievement Orientation Scale examined learners' perceptions of the motivational climate in physical education lessons. One teacher taught a class of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Direct Instruction, Student Motivation, Physical Education
Mutambik, Ibrahim; Lee, John; Almuqrin, Abdullah – Distance Education, 2020
There is limited evidence of the effects of culture and context on student readiness for e-learning, and how these might interact with gender. This study addresses this gap by studying the effect of culture and context on the readiness of high school students to use e-learning in a unique setting: an education system in which male and female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Readiness
Kombe, Dennis; Che, S. Megan; Bridges, William – School Science and Mathematics, 2019
With the introduction of single-sex classroom settings in coeducational public schools, there is an ongoing debate as to whether single-sex education may reduce or reinforce traditional stereotypes and gender roles. In this article we present findings from a study that investigated the extent to which mathematics is perceived as a gendered domain…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Middle School Students, Single Sex Classes, Coeducation
Bayeck, Rebecca Yvonne; Hristova, Adelina; Jablokow, Kathryn W.; Bonafini, Fernanda – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
This paper reports the results of an exploratory study on participants' perception of the importance of single-gender grouping in a massive open online course (MOOC) delivered through the Coursera platform. Findings reveal that female and male learners' perception of single-gender grouping differs. Female students more than males indicated less…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Single Sex Classes, Gender Differences
Schilling, Malle; Pinnell, Margaret – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
In the present day, it is not uncommon for there to be a class full of engineering students with very few women among them. To combat this lack of gender diversity, colleges and universities have employed outreach programs and developed summer engagement opportunities that allow women to explore engineering before they graduate high school. The…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Differences, Self Efficacy, Creativity
Burner, Allison; Bopp, Melissa; Papalia, Zack; Weimer, Alison; Bopp, Christopher M. – Physical Educator, 2019
The decline in physical activity (PA) from youth to young adulthood is evident, though limited research has addressed whether specific factors of K-12 physical education (PE) have any influence on outcomes during college years. This study examined the relationship between college students' physical fitness and PA behavior and their high school PE…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, High School Students, College Students
Lentillon-Kaestner, Vanessa; Roure, Cédric – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: A student's choice to engage in a learning task is highly related to the student's environmental stimuli and his or her perception of interest. From this perspective, the construct of situational interest (SI) has been used to interpret students' motivation in task engagement. SI is assumed to be transitory, environmentally activated,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Coeducation, Single Sex Classes, Student Participation
Simpson, Amber; Che, S. Megan – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2016
Utilizing a descriptive phenomenological design, this study examines the lived experiences of seven middle grade students, four females and three males, enrolled in a single-sex mathematics classroom within a coeducational school setting. The intent of the study is to understand, from students themselves, about the experience of single-sex…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Single Sex Classes
Kombe, Dennis; Che, S. Megan; Carter, Traci L.; Bridges, William – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
In this article, we present findings from a study that investigated the relationship between all-girls classes, all-boys classes, and coeducational classes on student mathematics self-concept and student perception of classroom environment. Further, we compared responses of girls in all-girls classes to girls in coeducational classes and responses…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Mathematics Education
Carter, Traci; Kombe, Dennis; Che, S. Megan – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
In this paper we present findings from a study investigating the relationship between all girls' classes, all boys' classes and coeducational classes on student mathematics self-concept and student perception of classroom environment. Further, we compared responses of girls in all girls' classes to girls in coeducational classes and responses of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Mathematics Education
Tichenor, Mercedes; Tichenor, John; Piechura, Kathy; Heins, Elizabeth; MacIssac, Doug – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2015
Interest in single-gender education has grown significantly since the U.S. Department of Education published regulations for the practice in 2006. Although research provides mixed results on the academic effectiveness of single-gender programs, many districts around the country are providing single-gender classes as a parent choice option under…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Single Sex Classes, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures