The Impact Of Same-Gender Grouping

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses a research which examines the impact of same-gender grouping during benchmark test administration on the performance of sixth grade science students who have otherwise received instruction in a co-gender classroom context.

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Objective
Introduction
Methodology
Key Terms and Definitions
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Literature Review
Summary of the Literature Reviewed
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"The work of Thomas S. Dee entitled: "Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement" offers an insight into the gender gaps that exist in education in today's schools. It is stated by Dee that: "this study presents new evidence on whether assignment to a same-gender teacher influences educational outcomes. And it uses these evaluation results to discuss how the gender interactions between students and teacher may shape the early evolution of gender gaps across academic subjects." (2006) Furthermore, the educational outcomes examined in this study include teacher perceptions of a student's performance and student perceptions of the subject taught by a particular teacher. These subjective outcomes are useful simply because they are educationally important outcomes that provide a complement to the results based on achievement scores." (Dee, 2006) The following table lists the 1999 NAEP scores stated by Dee in by subject, age and gender."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Friend, Jennifer (2006) Research on Same-Gender Grouping in Eighth Grade Science Classrooms. Research in Middle Level Education. Vol. 30 No. 4 Online available at: http://www.nmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/publications/RMLE/rmle_vol30_no4.pdf
• Claire, et al (eds) (2004) Gender in Education 3-19: A Fresh Approach The Education Union. Online available at: http://www.askatl.org.uk/atl_en/images/Genderpdf_tcm2-10600.pdf
• Houtz, Lynne E. (2006) Instructional Strategy Change and the Attitude and Achievement of Seventh- and Eighth- Grade Science Students. Journal of Research in Science and Teaching. Vol. 32 Issue 6. Online available at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112759481/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
• Rosenberg, Lorenzo and Mazur (nd )Peer Instruction: Making Science Engaging Chapter 8 Online available at: http://psychology.stanford.edu/~mgumbrec/Rosenberg_Lorenzo_Mazur_PI_Making_Science_Engaging.pdf
• Assessment (nd) Access to the Core Curriculum: Strategies for Effective Instruction - Chapter 5. Online available at: http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/_7/3o/_73oL8Ue_6-mfWR1GGy_rg/5_Assessment.pdf

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