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

Autor/inn/en	Gibb, Sheree J.; Fergusson, David M.; Horwood, L. John
Titel	Effects of Single-Sex and Coeducational Schooling on the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 52 (2008) 3, S.301-317 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Single Sex Schools; Coeducation; School Choice; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Educational Environment; Gender Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Achievement Gap; Educationally Disadvantaged; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Koedukation; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulleistung; Ausland; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Neuseeland
Abstract	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. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10