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Reading Achievement Of Middle School Boys In Single-Gender And Coeducational School, Jean Hunter-Batty
Reading Achievement Of Middle School Boys In Single-Gender And Coeducational School, Jean Hunter-Batty
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem addressed in the study was the lack of evidence on the efficacy of the single-gender educational model as compared to the coeducational model in increasing reading achievement for middle school boys in the local school district. Leaders in the district implemented the single-gender model to address the problem of an ongoing reading achievement gap among middle school boys and girls. The gap has also been noted nationally and leads to limited reading-dependent opportunities for boys. The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the two educational models to determine whether the single-gender model offered advantages over the …