Effects of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schooling on the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement

Autor:	L. John Horwood, David M. Fergusson, Sheree J. Gibb
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Single sex Longitudinal study Higher education business.industry education Academic achievement School choice Education Mathematics education Gender gap Educational achievement business Psychology Birth cohort Demography
Zdroj:	Australian Journal of Education. 52:301-317
ISSN:	2050-5884 0004-9441
Popis:	This study examined the effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement to age 25. Data were drawn from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 individuals born in 1977 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After adjustment for a series of covariates related to school choice, there were significant differences between single-sex and coeducational schools in the size and direction of the gender gap. At coeducational schools, there was a statistically significant gap favouring females, while at single-sex schools there was a non-significant gap favouring males. This pattern was apparent for educational achievement both at high school and in tertiary education. These results indicate that single-sex schooling may mitigate male disadvantages in educational achievement.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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