Summary of Gender separation amongst National Religious Education(NRE) Elementary Schools<\/p>\n
December 8th, 2015<\/p>\n
Chapter: Gender separation and academic achievements in NRE elementary schools. The chapter addresses the connection between gender separation in NRE elementary schools and the academic achievements of the students, based on the standardized tests in the core subjects(Math, Hebrew, English and Science) taken by 5th Graders in the Educational system in the years 2012-2013.<\/p>\n
The study\u2019s results show a few interesting trends:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Amongst the majority of subjects, the grades of the students in the coed schools were higher than those in the separate schools. In Math and science the grades in coed schools were slightly higher (556-548 and 532-527 respectively). In Hebrew, however, the grades of students in the separate schools were slightly higher than those in coed schools (531-525).<\/p>\n
\u2022 In English studies, significant differences between the coed school and separate school students\u2019 grades were found: The average grade of mixed school students was 14 points higher than the average grade amongst separate school students (524-510). This figure may point out that the problem regarding English studies in the NRE that was found in previous studies done by \u201cNe\u2019emanei Torah Va\u2019avoda\u201d, is even worse amongst separate school students.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Examination of the achievements of the students in both types of schools based on their social-economic level did not significantly change the trends. It was found that amongst students from high social- economic levels, the achievements of students from the coed schools were consistently higher in all subjects than those of the separate schools (In Hebrew by 4 points, in Math by 5 points, in Science by 10 points and in English by 42 points). Similarly, amongst students from Medium social- economic levels, the achievements of students from the mixed schools were higher in Math (+9), Science (+10) and English (+16), but lower in Hebrew (-6). Regarding the students from low social \u2013economic backgrounds, the available figures do not allow us to draw reliable conclusions about the differences of achievements between students in coed or separate schools.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Examination of the academic achievements of the coed schools (on the institutional level) in comparison to the academic achievements of the separate schools (on the institutional level) by gender, showed that in most cases the differences in achievements in favor of the coed schools are more significant amongst boys than amongst girls.<\/p>\n
The standardized tests do not only include academic achievements tests, rather they also include a large set of questions in other domains, for instance the importance of learning the subjects that they are getting tested on the eyes of the students. This question essentially provides indication of the subjective importance the students give the different secular subjects and shows the motivation of the students to study and put effort into these secular subjects.<\/p>\n
The figures show that among both types of schools the order of importance (in declining order) in the eyes of the students is the same: English, Math, Hebrew and Science. A comparison between the coed schools and the separate schools on this point shows that students in coed schools attribute more importance to studying each subject that they are tested in the standardized test. The largest difference between the types of schools comes in regards to Science: 83% of the coed school students noted that science is important to them, as opposed to 69% of the students in the separate schools.<\/p>\n
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