Comments on: Are Boys Falling Behind? http://www.joewoodonline.com/are-boys-falling-behind/ Thoughts on the Links Between Instruction & Technology Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:59:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joewoodonline.com/are-boys-falling-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:18:00 +0000 http://joewoodonline.com/?p=32#comment-16 I do think that boys and girls sometimes will achieve more in single sex classes. I feel this is especially true in math and reading/LA. In reading the teacher's book choices might be very different for each class. Also teaching modalities in math would differ for each class.<br/><br/>As far as the computer compulsion goes, I think the computer games appeal to the male sense of adventure, action and immediate results. I know some people will say that girls like these things too so we go to the truth in Yin/Yang! <br/>JM I do think that boys and girls sometimes will achieve more in single sex classes. I feel this is especially true in math and reading/LA. In reading the teacher’s book choices might be very different for each class. Also teaching modalities in math would differ for each class.

As far as the computer compulsion goes, I think the computer games appeal to the male sense of adventure, action and immediate results. I know some people will say that girls like these things too so we go to the truth in Yin/Yang!
JM

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