2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Examination of single-sex education model based on sex differences of academic achievement and cognitive functions
Project/Area Number |
23653183
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Educational psychology
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Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
Principal Investigator |
FUKUDA Sachio 横浜国立大学, 教育人間科学部, 教授 (00111641)
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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Keywords | 学力 / 男女別学教育 / 性差 / 認知機能 |
Research Abstract |
About the cognitive function assumed to be the sex difference and cause of the academic achievement in a language or arithmetic, it analyzed based on a national academic achievement survey and the study evaluation by lesson.Furthermore, investigation and analysis were conducted in order to know the actualcondition of the single-sex education in the United States which considered the sex difference of the cognitive function. Basic research which explores the possibility of the single-sex educational model classified in Japan was carried out. There is sex difference in how to respond to learning motivation and class atmosphere, and it found out that an interaction with the sex of the teacher of the class existed further.
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