Boys get worse grades.American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of boys are getting worse grades than girls in part because they have a different neurology neurology (n  rŏl`əjē, ny–), study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the human nervous system. and hard wiring than girls, two
educational researchers note.
They base their results on homework, which some have criticized as something that should not be a big focus of school achievement. The grading of homework is gender biased and does not represent what students have learned, says Julie Coates and William Draves of the Learning Resources Network. Coates and Draves say the difference in neurology and hard wiring in boys explains why many boys turn in homework late or incomplete. Other research has shown that males have shorter attention spans, are more adept at learning spatially, need more physical movement and require more emotional reassurance REASSURANCE. When an insurer is desirous of lessening his liability, he may procure some other insurer to insure him from loss, for the insurance he has made this is called reassurance. than girls. For many smart boys, once they have demonstrated they know the material, they turn their attention to new material, the educators say. But girls struggle as well, especially when it comes to math or science. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released by the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , data showed that girls in advanced mathematics classes said they thought they were worse at math than boys who were in basic math classes. www.SmartBoysBadGrades.com |
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