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- Title
Students' Perceptions of Single-Gender Science and Mathematics Classroom Experiences.
- Authors
Brown, Sherri L.; Ronau, Robert R.
- Abstract
While participating in single- and mixed-gender science and mathematics classes, ninth-grade urban high school students' ( n= 118) academic self-concept, self-efficacy, and school climate perceptions were examined. Their perceptions were measured quantitatively from the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics (modified for Science) Attitude and the Patterns of Adaptive Learning scales. Five factors arose from each instrument: confidence/efficacy, utility, instruction, climate, and anxiety/performance avoidance. Comparative factor analysis of the science-modified Fennema-Sherman Scale showed similar constructs within the mathematics scale. Our findings are congruent with reports concerning single-gender classrooms that find few significant differences in students' attitudes toward science and mathematics, or classroom climate, with regard to single-gender classes. Lastly, our results supported three structural equation models for the hypothesized factors from each instrument.
- Subjects
SCIENCE education (Secondary); MATHEMATICS education (Secondary); GENDER identity in education; SCIENCE ability testing; STUDENT attitudes
- Publication
School Science & Mathematics, 2012, Vol 112, Issue 2, p66
- ISSN
0036-6803
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1949-8594.2011.00121.x