Position Paper On Single Sex Classes
Single-Sex Schools and Achievement
The prospect of having single-sex based learning as opposed to co-education has set differences in students and their standards of learning. The question has risen whether or not single-sex classes and institutions of learning are actually effective in terms of the student thriving and gaining a better education. Males and females are born with separate brain compositions, and initially there is a clear difference between the make-up of the brain of a boy and a girl at birth. Since their brains are differently composed, although composed of the same elements, they may not be able to comprehend and retain new information that they are presented with. I conceive single-sex classes and schools to be more effective than coeducational institutions because of various speculations. Single-sex classes and schools provide a different environment than what young boys and girls are used to. The single-sex environment will force the students to step out of his or her comfort zones and engage in dialogues with his or her peers while attaining an education, as well as develop themselves to be the best people they can strive to be. Single-sex education is a premier outlet of academic achievement because both sexes are able to progress with their lives with mitigated concern of models seen in society, such as celebrities, that can cloud their vision, causing them to develop according to the current stereotypes. The students learn to develop a growth mind-set, meaning that they learn that if they are not good at something when they first try it, then they can practice. If they practice, they can gain the skills to eventually become proficient in that specific subject matter. Young men and women may attend school and learn course content at their own pace, oblivious to the pressures that co-educational schools may offer. Co-educational schools bring distractions as well as pressure. A primary distraction that co-educational schools have is the
The prospect of having single-sex based learning as opposed to co-education has set differences in students and their standards of learning. The question has risen whether or not single-sex classes and institutions of learning are actually effective in terms of the student thriving and gaining a better education. Males and females are born with separate brain compositions, and initially there is a clear difference between the make-up of the brain of a boy and a girl at birth. Since their brains are differently composed, although composed of the same elements, they may not be able to comprehend and retain new information that they are presented with. I conceive single-sex classes and schools to be more effective than coeducational institutions because of various speculations. Single-sex classes and schools provide a different environment than what young boys and girls are used to. The single-sex environment will force the students to step out of his or her comfort zones and engage in dialogues with his or her peers while attaining an education, as well as develop themselves to be the best people they can strive to be. Single-sex education is a premier outlet of academic achievement because both sexes are able to progress with their lives with mitigated concern of models seen in society, such as celebrities, that can cloud their vision, causing them to develop according to the current stereotypes. The students learn to develop a growth mind-set, meaning that they learn that if they are not good at something when they first try it, then they can practice. If they practice, they can gain the skills to eventually become proficient in that specific subject matter. Young men and women may attend school and learn course content at their own pace, oblivious to the pressures that co-educational schools may offer. Co-educational schools bring distractions as well as pressure. A primary distraction that co-educational schools have is the
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