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ERIC Number: ED625163
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 32
Abstractor: As Provided
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Are Coeducational Classes Truly Coeducational?
Carol Lynn Martin; Sonya Xinyue Xiao; Richard A. Fabes; Laura D. Hanish; Dawn DeLay; Krista Oswalt
Grantee Submission
Boys and girls sit together in most classrooms, but do they interact? Based on forty-year-old evidence, coeducational classes may not be coeducational but instead be segregated by gender, which may undermine student success. Our goal is to answer this question in today's classrooms. We used longitudinal data to assess gender segregation in 26 classes in three U.S. coeducational elementary schools over an academic year. Third- to fifth-grade students (n = 515) from diverse backgrounds were asked how often they work with (frequency) and how well they work together (quality) with each classmate. Analyses illustrated a strikingly consistent pattern: For every grade, gender, and classroom, and across both fall and spring, students reported that they interacted more frequently with and had higher quality interactions with same- than with other-gender classmates. [The paper will be published in "Elementary School Journal."]
Related Records: EJ1416393
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A180028