One of the new research says that “Keep Boys And Girls
Together In The Classroom To Optimize Learning, Research Suggests”.
Boys and girls may
learn differently, but American parents should think twice before moving their
children to sex-segregated schools. A new Tel Aviv University study has found
that girls improve boys’ grades markedly at school.
“Being with more girls is good for everybody,”
says Prof. Analia Schlosser, an economist from the Eitan Berglas School of
Economics at Tel Aviv University. “We find that both boys and girls do better
when there are more girls in the class.” She investigated girls and boys in
mixed classrooms in the elementary, middle, and high-school grades of the
Israeli school system.
In an unpublished paper, Prof. Schlosser concluded that
classes with more than 55 percent of girls resulted in better exam results and
less violent outbursts overall. “It appears that this effect is due to the
positive influence the girls are adding to the classroom environment,” says
Prof. Schlosser. She carried out the study while on a post-doctoral fellowship
at Princeton University, and will study the effects of gender in higher education
lecture halls next.
This is one of few studies of its kind to use scientific
data to address the question of gender effects in school.
The
Report Card
Boys with more female peers in their classes show higher
enrollment rates in both advanced math and science classes, but overall
benefits were found in all grades for both sexes.
Prof. Schlosser found that primary-school classrooms with
a female majority showed increased academic success for both boys and girls,
along with a notable improvement in subjects like science and math. In the
middle schools, girls were found to have better academic achievement in
English, languages and math. And in high school, the classrooms which had the
best academic achievements overall were consistently those that had a higher
proportion of girls enrolled.
An
Educated Guess
A higher percentage of girls lowers the amount of
classroom disruption and fosters a better relationship between pupils and their
teacher, a study of the data suggests. Teachers are less tired in classrooms
with more girls, and pupils overall seem to be more satisfied when a high
female-to-male ratio persists.
Prof. Schlosser was inspired to the study by a “renewed
interest on the effects of classroom gender composition on students’ learning,
since a new amendment to America’s Title IX regulations gives communities more
flexibility in providing single-sex classes and schools.”
Prof. Schlosser concludes that American educators should
reconsider the effects of the new trend of same-sex segregation on different
sectors of society. Gains for girls from classroom gender segregation could be
offset by the loss of boys.
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