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| Title: | | An evaluation of single and mixed gender computer science classes  |
| Authors: | | Weber, Andrea Maria |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion papers // School of Economics and Management of the Hanover Leibniz University 369 |
| Abstract: | | Discussions on the benefits of single-gender education on girls’ science outcomes are popular in the German education literature. However, most empirical evidence tends to be qualitative work and the causal effects of single-gender education are hardly identified using appropriate statistical methods. This paper provides insights from a recent single-gendereducation school project conducted in computer science classes at a German lower secondary school. About 80 students participated in this intervention study repeatedly answering specifically designed questionnaires and tests. The project fails to identify positive effects from single-gender education but the interpretation is impeded by several confounding factors. When directly asked, most students prefer to be educated in mixed-gender groups, while the participating teachers judge their teaching experience with the project groups in favour of singlegender education. |
| Subjects: | | gender education identification coeducation segregation experiments |
| JEL: | | I21 J16 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Diskussionspapiere, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Hannover
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