Providing current research to our members is a strategic priority for the Alliance. We deliver access to valuable resources and anaylsis of the latest research findings relevant to educators of girls. Subscription-only academic research articles, as well as open access articles and reports by governments, universities and major organisations are summarised for members, highlighting themes and topics of particular relevance to the education of girls, including academic performance, mental health, leadership, neuroscience, single-sex education, STEM, wellbeing, and work and careers.
With more than 500 research abstracts, including over 160 related to single-sex education, many of which summarise research from subscription-only academic journals, the Alliance Research Library provides an unparalleled source of information on single-sex education for girls.
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Annual library subscription for non-Alliance members costs AUD550
This 2002 study reported on a year-long trial of single-sex Year 7 classes at a Queensland primary school, finding that girls in mixed-sex classes reported reduced scores on emotional and behavioural engagement by the end of Year 7, and that boys made significant gains in spelling, reading and mathematics (Gilmore,…
‘It is common for the technology skills of youth to surpass their critical thinking and judgment skills’. This study explored the risks and benefits of online interaction among adolescent girls. An online survey design was used to obtain information from a widely dispersed, American population of adolescent girls aged 12…
An intervention project aimed at giving girls a better chance in science was carried out, focusing on the initial courses of physics in secondary level. The effects of the intervention were measured in a longitudinal study with about 8000 students in German schools. It was found that only boys and…
This study, undertaken in ten government co-educational high schools in Western Australia, found that single-sex classes provide environments in which teachers can implement gender-inclusive science instructional strategies more readily and effectively than in mixed-sex settings. Sexual harassment of girls was also eliminated in single-sex classes. The study by Parker and…
Watson, Quatman and Edler (2002) found that girls at single-sex schools had higher real career aspirations than girls at co-educational schools. The career aspirations of high-achieving American, adolescent girls were explored by comparing them to the aspirations of adolescent boys. The influence of school grade, achievement level and single-sex versus coeducational school…