Boys And Girls Learn Differently

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Advantages for boys, challenges for girls vs. Advantages for girls, challenges for boys. Do you know which is which?

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1.

__________ tend to be louder, more physically aggressive, and more prone to attention-getting devices in classrooms.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
A. Boys

Explanation
This fits the general nature of females and males: the latter tend toward impulsive behavior, the former toward the sedentary; males tend to be less mature, females more considered; males tend to be aggressive and competitive in a classroom, females less outwardly so.

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2.

__________ are the more common victim of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of teachers, parents, coaches, other students, or other school staff.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
B. Girls

Explanation
American culture is the most violent nation in the world; our males perpetrate more violence on each other and on our females than is found in all other cutures. Boys are testosterone-driven and brain-directed toward spatial/physical/impulsive expression of stress; they will tend to lash out physically (and with more sexual aggression and physical rage than school-age girls). This trend continues all through adulthood.

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3.

Who scores higher on SAT scores and other college entrance exams?
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
A. Boys

Explanation
The male brain holds a visual advantage in working with lists (as in multiple choice), and in making quick, even high-risk deductive decisions on lists. The female brain thinks more inductively and thus often needs substantial information to make a decision.

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4.

__________ are ahead 2 to 4 points in math and science scores tracked by the U.S. Department of Education. This is seem mainly at the highest levels of calculus, chemistry, and physics.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
A. Boys

Explanation
When we look neurologically at boys' dominance in certain aspects of math and science, we find that the male brain structure is a direct causal factor. Both social bias and the highly spatial male brain may offer clues as to why.

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5.

The majority of sports funding and community support still goes to __________ athletics in most American schools.
- A.
  
  Males
- B.
  
  Females
Correct Answer
A. Males

Explanation
Boys engage in more sports activities than girls and girls in more school clubs and government activities. Girls tend to choose interactive social activities that allow increased verbalization; boys tend to choose interactive social activites that decrease verbals and increase spatials, as well as physical aggression.

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6.

The educational system relies on less kinesthetic, relatively unmentored, and less disciplined educational strategies than many __________ need.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
A. Boys

Explanation
Females tend to process serotonin more efficiently than males and so males are more inclined to a hyperactive disorder.

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7.

__________ are less likely to experience a learning, psychiatric, or behavioral disorders.
- A.
  
  Males
- B.
  
  Females
Correct Answer
B. Females

Explanation
Because males do not experience a menstrual cycle, dominance by estrogen or progesterone, or so delicate a balance of serotonin cycles, they do not eperience as many disorders.

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8.

The federal Deparment of Education has found that eighth-grade and twefth-grade _________ have, on average, higher educational aspirations.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
B. Girls

Explanation
Especially at puberty and in adolescence, females and males are even more different in their hormone-led strategies in classrooms, with many males seeking outward dominance and many females seeking inward excellence. Females also often have longer attention spans in classroom than males and thus do not need, as often, to move interactive classroom activity from one subject or tangent to the next through verbal dominance and attention strategies.

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__________ are approximately one and a half years ahead in reading and writing competency, according to statistics tracked by the federal Department of Education
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
B. Girls

Explanation
When we look neurologically at girls' dominance in certain aspects of reading and writing, we find that the female brain structure is a direct causal factor. The brain system always give a gender advantage in these categories.

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10.

__________ choose to take the harder courses in middle school and high school at a higher rate.
- A.
  
  Boys
- B.
  
  Girls
Correct Answer
B. Girls

Explanation
Girls, in general, study harder, get better grades, and are quieter in class; boys tend to goof off more, get worse grades, and are louder.

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Boys And Girls Learn Differently

__________ tend to be louder, more physically aggressive, and more prone to attention-getting devices in classrooms.

__________ are the more common victim of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of teachers, parents, coaches, other students, or other school staff.

Who scores higher on SAT scores and other college entrance exams?

__________ are ahead 2 to 4 points in math and science scores tracked by the U.S. Department of Education. This is seem mainly at the highest levels of calculus, chemistry, and physics.

The majority of sports funding and community support still goes to __________ athletics in most American schools.

The educational system relies on less kinesthetic, relatively unmentored, and less disciplined educational strategies than many __________ need.

__________ are less likely to experience a learning, psychiatric, or behavioral disorders.

The federal Deparment of Education has found that eighth-grade and twefth-grade _________ have, on average, higher educational aspirations.

__________ are approximately one and a half years ahead in reading and writing competency, according to statistics tracked by the federal Department of Education

__________ choose to take the harder courses in middle school and high school at a higher rate.