Reshaping the Social Order: The Case of Gender Segregation.

Lockheed, Marlaine E.

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ERIC Number: EJ340762

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Reshaping the Social Order: The Case of Gender Segregation.

Lockheed, Marlaine E.

Sex Roles, v14 n11-12 p617-28 Jun 1986

Describes an experimental study of gender segregation in 38 fourth and fifth grade classrooms. Students working in small, experimental, mixed-sex, instructional groups engaged in more cross-sex interactions than students in control groups. Boys in experimental classrooms showed greater preference for working in cross-sex groups. (SA)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Group Dynamics, Human Relations, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Social Development, Social Experience, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue with title "Sex, Gender, and Social Change."