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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Sexual dimorphism (physical differences between males and females) in the brain is an area of ongoing interest to researchers. ‘Human total brain size is consistently reported to be 8–10% larger in males, although consensus on regionally specific differences is weak’ (Lenroot et al, 2007, p. 1065). This large-scale, longitudinal study…
read more –›This study explored how an intensive use of mobile phones and the internet could be associated with problems of perceived health in 12-18 year old Finnish adolescents. 7282 Finnish adolescents participated by filling in a questionnaire. The following results were found: Girls were more frequent users of mobile phones and…
read more –›This study aimed to explore ICT usage, sleeping time, sleeping regularity, and health associations in adolescents, according to age and gender (Punamaki et al., 2007, p. 572). ‘The participants were 7292 Finnish adolescents derived from a nationally representative sample of 12, 14, 16 and 18-year olds’ (Punamaki et al., 2007,…
read more –›‘Sleep time appears to have been declining in Western populations for over a century’ (Dollman et al., 2007, p. 1011). This study used questionnaires issued in two separate time periods, to ascertain patterns of sleep duration in children and adolescents. In 1985, 390 South Australian students were surveyed and in…
read more –›Adolescents require about 9.2 hours of sleep (Wolfson, Spaulding, Dandrow & Baroni, 2007, p. 194). The time that students start school can affect their amount of night sleep and level of daytime sleepiness. This study examined sleep-wake patterns of 205 young adolescents attending two urban, New England, public, middle schools…
read more –›A nationally representative phone survey of 935 teenagers by the Pew Internet & American Life Project aimed to explore the extent and depth of cyberbullying in America. The telephone survey was followed up with a series of focus group discussions with teenagers. A significant gender gap was found. Girls were…
read more –›This study sought to describe the prevalence of cyberbullying and ‘real-world’ or general bullying in a sample of adolescent boys and girls. The study also aimed to identify the ways in which adolescents coped with bullying. A sample of 652 young people aged 11-17 years was drawn from two independent…
read more –›This qualitative, eight year study followed a number of girls and boys at four different schools, from the beginning of secondary school until their first year post-school (Yates & McLeod, 2007). Entitled the 12 to 18 Project, researchers interviewed 26 students twice a year. Yates and McLeod set ‘out to…
read more –›In this study gender differences were explored in five distinct “mathematics emotions”: enjoyment, pride, anxiety, hopelessness, and shame. The aim was to describe and explain girls’ and boys’ patterns of emotions in mathematics. The sample consisted of 2,053 Fifth grade students from 42 different schools in Germany. Emotions, competence beliefs…
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