Girls do better in exams at all-girls schools than mixed, research finds | Schools
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/12/girls-do-better-in-exams-at-all-girls-schools-than-mixed-research-finds
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Girls do better in exams at all-girls schools than mixed, research finds | Schools
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/12/girls-do-better-in-exams-at-all-girls-schools-than-mixed-research-finds
Posted by _triperman_
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>Thomson said the “very slight difference” for girls’ schools was equivalent to a tenth of a grade improvement in each subject at GCSE.
so statistical noise?
Probably because they’re less likely to be sexually harassed and be in classes with disruptive boys.
> Pugh said one possible explanation for the difference in performance between boys’ and girls’ schools was that girls were very good at emulating their successful schoolmates and the techniques they used.
> “Careful independent learning habits like making mind-maps, practising essays, making flash cards, working through practice papers, are demonstrably effective for GCSE success. If boys in an all-boys environment aren’t seeing the learning habits which lead to success, they can’t copy them,” Pugh said.
So can similar approaches be used to help boys?
>nearly a quarter of pupils in London attended a single-sex school
Higher than expected
‘All girl schools’ are almost exclusively independent schools which have more funding and smaller class sizes. There’s no way you can ‘adjust’ for comparing two entirely different cohorts
All Girls schools are probably better funded and as a result have better teachers and a better curriculum as well as having kids with better home lives.
I would love to see a study on how happy kids who go to single-sex schools are a decade later, than those who don’t.
That’s old news that girls do better academically in a girls only school. I can’t remember the reason why now. I do know that boys can’t be araed in si gle sex or mixed.
Do they do this exact study every single year, because I swear I see it every year
No one is surprised by this. Wonder how much this study cost. Fancy removing the sexual coming of age termoil from an education situation and having a better outcome from being less distracted and distressed….. Most people knew this. Without a fucking study.
Makes sense. Girls in mixed schools are often seated next to boys to make them ‘behave’, mixed schools drag girls down, it hasn’t got enough time for them since boys tend to be the biggest trouble by far
Girls will have better mental health in a mixed school though.
Correlation without causation. All girls schools are private schools, the children come from wealthy families. Wealth provides a range of opportunities for better outcomes. The schools have more money, have more resources, and on and on.