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.
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. 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.
Science lessons have been singled out for scrutiny in the renewed debate about whether the sexes should be schooled together. Co-education has been the trend for the past 40 years, over which time the number of single-sex state schools has plummeted from 2,500 to just 400, girls are put off by of the “intimidating” presence of boys in the classroom, and this could be responsible for the lack of interest in science and engineering among girls. f we girls had sat quietly, too scared to put our hands up because the boys in the row behind might snigger, the result would have been deathly silence. Far from hogging all the teacher time, most of the boys in classes sat mute until the sixth form, when they finally decided what they were interested in and got on with it. So that is my conclusion.
The Homework on Middle School vs. High School
One, the closing of one’s grade school years, and the other, a gateway to young adulthood. Middle school and High school, two very important times of a young person’s life, share some similarities and many differences. Middle school, just like its title explains, is the time when students are stuck in the middle of childhood and young adulthood. People start to mature from earlier elementary ...
