Do single-sex classes affect achievement? : a study in a coeducational university

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Borradores de Economía; No. 787
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2013-10-30
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2013-10-30
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Booth, Alison L.
Cardona-Sosa, Lina Marcela
Nolen, Patrick
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Abstract
We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues pres
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C9 - Design of ExperimentsC91 - Laboratory, Individual BehaviorC92 - Laboratory, Group BehaviorJ16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor DiscriminationJ24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Keywords
Gender ; Single-sex groups ; Cognitive ability ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5927
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5927
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.787
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/787.html
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