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ERIC Number: EJ412326
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Science Achievement of Girls in Single-sex and Co-educational Schools.
Young, Deidra J.; Fraser, Barry J.
Research in Science and Technological Education, v8 n1 p5-20 1990
Examined were sex differences and the role of socioeconomic status in science achievement in Western Australian coeducational and single-sex schools. The influence of independent schools, both single-sex and coeducational, was found to be a factor that improved student science achievement for both boys and girls. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economic Status, Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Science and Society, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Western Australia