ENG101 final draft

Brian DeLapp
Eng 101 M02
First draft essay
2/6/09


There is much debate about whether single-sex schools provide a better learning environment than co-ed. schools. Some educators claim that single-sex schools are more effective because students can consentrate more better than in co-educational schools. Other experts say that single-sex instruction is no better, and sometimes more inaffective than co-educational schools.
In “should the sexes be separated for secondary education: comparisons of single-sex and co-educational schools” Pamela Robinson and Alen Smithers report on research that they conducted an experiment on. The method they used was a questionnaire, they gave it to 100 students from three different schools; an all girl school, an all boy school and a co-educational school. The results showed negligible differences among the schools. Overall the single-sex schools scored slightly better in the academic part of the test, and the co-educational school scored slightly better in the developmental part of the test.
In “The case for single-sex education”Kristin Caplice discuses mostly why single-sex education is beneficial for the students. She argues that same-gender schools promote confidence and leadership qualities in females and males alike. Second, single-sex schools relieve the students’ burden of sexual distractions or in other words “The Mating Game”. Finally, she argues, single-sex instruction allows the teachers to adjust or change the curriculum and teaching styles to best fit the distinct behavioral patterns of boys and girls.
Both studies mention valid reasons for single-sex educational schools. The first article was more in the position that single-sex schools and co-educational schools are about the same in their teaching capabilities. The second article talked about the reasons why same-gender would preside over a co-educational school. The articles do have similarities within them discussing their role in the academic part of teaching students. Either way both kinds of schools are going to teach basically the same information and it depends on the students themselves if they want to be surrounded by the opposite sex or the same sex.











Work Sited Reference Page
Robinson, P., Smithers, A. “Should the sexes be separated for secondary education -- comparisons of single-sex and co-educational schools?” EBSCO HOST database. (1999). Research papers in Education. Retrieved 02/01/09. http://ezproxy.tc3.edu:2139/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=115&sid=699f5f1a-4800-4445-bb11-4a0dd692eb95%40SRCSM2&bdata=JmxvZ2lucGFnZT1Mb2dpbi5hc3Amc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl#db=aph&AN=6697614

Caplice, K. “The Case of Public Single-sex Education.” EBSCO HOST database. (1994) Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Retrieved 02/01/09.
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