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Peer reviewedUnderwood, Geoffrey; And Others – Educational Research, 1990
Four measures of performance of three types of pairings (boy/boy, girl/girl, girl/boy) involved in completion of a language task on microcomputers gave consistent results. Single-gender pairs improved in comparison with individuals working alone but mixed-gender pairs did not. Single-gender pairs tended to share task and discuss solutions, whereas…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedPrice, Eleanor; Rosemier, Robert – Journal of Experimental Education, 1972
There is little definitive research to support coeducational grouping as the optimal grouping pattern for first grade boys and girls. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classification, Coeducation, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedRennie, Leonie J.; Parker, Lesley H. – Educational Review, 1987
Twenty teachers were selected to teach 20 elementary classes a science lesson featuring laboratory experience in small groups. Ten teachers were alerted to the possibilities of sexism in the physical sciences. Results indicated girls in mixed-sex work groups participate less when the teacher is less aware of sexism problems. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Laboratory Experiments
Peer reviewedStowe, Lawrence G. – Physics Teacher, 1991
Results of an experiment offering single-sex and mixed-sex physics classes in a private secondary school indicated that girls in single-sex classes participated more frequently; students overall experienced greater learner satisfaction; and single-sex classes had a statistically significant, positive influence on girls' interest in physics-related…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Coeducation, Heterogeneous Grouping, High Schools
Download full textCowles, Milly; And Others – 1974
This paper reviews previous research into ability grouping and describes a study of the relationship of heterogeneous and homogeneous grouping plans on children's concepts of their interpersonal relationships with other students and their academic success. Most studies on the emotional impact of ability grouping indicated that being placed in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Klebosits, Pia; Perrone, Beth – 1998
This report describes a program for implementing specific cooperative grouping patterns in order to increase students' academic performance. The targeted population consisted of junior high and high school students located in the northwest and southwest suburbs of a large metropolitan area. An instructional strategy in which both like-gender and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Females
Lambert, Judy C. – 1994
This study investigated elementary school teachers' perception of their first grade students' interest in multicultural trade books. The study participants included 151 first graders, 17 experienced teachers, and 65 preservice teachers. The study used 15 multicultural trade books and 15 non-multicultural books matched as closely as possible in…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary School Students
