dc.contributor.advisor | Milner, H. Rich IV | |
dc.contributor.author | Self, Elizabeth | |
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 |