Bigler & Signorella (2011) - Single-Sex Education: New Perspectives and Evidence on a Continuing Controversy - Sex Roles

The number of single-sex schools in the United States has climbed steadily in recent years, despite a lack of consensus that such schools lead to academic or psychological outcomes superior to those of coeducational schools. In this introduction to the first part of a special issue on the topic, we review the history of single-sex education in the U.S. and factors that have led to its recent rise. We then review ideological and methodological controversies in the field. Finally, we summarize the eight empirical studies that appear in the issue, highlighting the contributions of each paper to a body of work that we hope will inform educational practice and policy.

This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: Bigler, R. S., & Signorella, M. L. (2011). Single-sex education: New perspectives and evidence on a continuing controversy. Sex Roles, 65(9-10), 659-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0046-x

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Work Title Bigler & Signorella (2011) - Single-Sex Education: New Perspectives and Evidence on a Continuing Controversy - Sex Roles
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  1. Margaret L. Signorella
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  1. gender
  2. education
  3. single-sex
  4. children
  5. adolescents
  6. achievement
  7. social development
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  1. Portions of this paper were presented at the meeting of the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, April 2010
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Publication Date 2011
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  1. psychology
  2. education
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  1. English
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  1. 10.1007/s11199-011-0046-x
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