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Hiller
By Joseph Berger
ED 7511 - Issue 23 Image: The New York Times, May
16, 2007
aha! Process, Inc. – Video –
Yes, An Apparent Ruby
Payne Disciple

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 DISCUSSION – Gurian &
Stevens
Boy Friendly Classrooms?
Boys:
Girls:
More impulsive,
15% more blood flow
Increased spatial,
to areas of the brain,
abstract &
Verbal-emotive
Mechanical functioning,
Better listening skills,
Less oxytocin (primary human
More detailed writing,
bonding chemical),
More adept at Language Arts,
Compartmentalize learning,
Adept at multitasking,
Rest states (prefer fewer words),
Recharge w/o rest states,
Need more physical space,
Need to see relevance of
Need to move around,
Becoming Tech-savvy
Create more noise,
Spatial techniques to draw
out “feelings”

Michael Kathy
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Institute
Stevens
 Yes! Check out the
Stats!

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 DISCUSSION – Mead
What is the bigger issue?
1. Race & socio-economic issues the big issue.
2. Interpreting test results too complicated;
• Few constant measures to individual achievement
• Tests are too new
3. Respected test: National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP), “The Nation’s Report Card (US Dept of Education)”
• Only way to measure national trends in boy/girl performances.
• Does not support that “boys’ academic achievement is falling.”
• Grades 4-8 – improved; Grades 9-12 – not so clear
• Race factor: Whites 10x more successful than
Blacks & Hispanics (low, but not getting worse)

Sara Mead
New America Foundation

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 No! Check These Out!

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics

GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - June 26, 2006

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Questions from Gurian and Stevens
Article
What are the benefits of teachers receiving
training in the differences in male/female
brains? [See p. 427: Nature- based approach]
Is the fact that there are more female
teachers in public schools having a bearing on
the statistics given? [See p. 426: “Who’s
Failing?” Major factor for failure:
reading/writing scores]

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 Questions from Mead Article
What role does ethnicity and socio-economic
roles – race & class - play in boys’ educational
accomplishments? [See p. 436: “We Should
Be Worried About Some Subgroups of Boys”
and “The Source of the Boy Crisis…”]
Is there a hidden agenda by conservatives to
derail feminism and progressive education?
Why or why not? [See p. 440-441: “A number
of conservative authors…”]
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 Additional Questions
Is there a correlation between poor
academic performance among black,
Hispanic and impoverished boys and the
absence of fathers in the home?

Are there any other participant

questions related to this issue?

Discussion/Conclusion
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