Article: Effects of same-sex versus coeducational physical education on the self-perceptions of middle and high school students.

The purpose of this field experiment was to investigate the effects of attending either a coeducationsl or a same-sex physical eduction class on sevaral self-perception variables. Middle and high school youth who had previously been in coeducational classes were assigned to either a same-sex or a new coeducational physical class for a 10-lesson unit of basketball. Analyses were conducted at both the group and the individual levels. Self-perception variables examined included perceived self-confidence of learning basketball, perceived usefulness of basketball, and perceived gener-appropriateness of basketball. Results of hierarchial linear model group level analyses ...

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