| dc.contributor.advisor |
Milner, H. Rich IV |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Self, Elizabeth |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-09-02T20:38:00Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2010-09-02T20:38:00Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2010-05 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4248 |
|
| dc.description |
Teaching and Learning Department capstone project |
en_US |
| dc.description.abstract |
Single-sex instruction is increasingly popular as a means to close the standardized testing achievement gap between White and African-American students. This is especially the case in urban school districts that have high-minority, low-income populations. Research on this topic, which is limited, shows that single-sex instruction generally leads to improved outcomes for students in single-sex instruction in terms of regular attendance, graduation rates, and college acceptance. Some data shows improved standardized test scores. The data is inconsistent in terms of long-term outcomes, like college graduation rates, but is positively correlated with decreased drop-out and unemployment rates. When implemented with a gender equity focus, single-sex instruction can have positive outcomes for African-American, low-income students, both academic and socioemotional. Furthermore, such a setting provides educators the opportunity to better individualize for their students, and for teachers and students to consider the multiple contexts of students’ identities as relevant to the classroom as a result of this intersection of race, gender, and family income. |
en_US |
| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
| dc.publisher |
Vanderbilt University. Peabody College |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Single-sex instruction, African-American, low-income, intersectionality |
en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Single-sex classes (Education) |
en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Educational equalization |
en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
African American girls -- Education |
en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
African American boys -- Education |
en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Low-income students -- Education |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Single-Sex Instruction for African-American, Low-Income Students |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Capstone |
en_US |
| dc.description.college |
Peabody College of Education and Human Development |
en_US |
| dc.description.department |
Department of Teaching and Learning |
en_US |
