Are We Lazy in Our Approach to Educating Boys?

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'When we're walking home after school, I often hear stories about how the boys in our daughters' classroom misbehaved in this way or that way. I've read a lot about how classrooms are geared towards girls, who are more likely to sit quietly for long periods of time doing detailed work. I've wondered how this focus on girls has affected the boys in their school. The article below answers many of my questions, and gives me a lot to think about as we enter a new year. I hope it inspires you to reconsider how we educate our kids -- both boys and girls.
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A recent study from researchers at the University of Georgia, which followed 10,000 students as they moved from kindergarten to eighth grade, indicates that though boys scored well on tests, indicating mastery of material, girls got better grades. Researchers account for higher scores in girls because they comported themselves better than boys while in the classroom.

“I think that, by now, most academics have accepted that boys and girls have fundamentally different learning needs; girls are better at sitting still and listening, whereas boys learn better via kinesthetic learning, which involves more physical activity,” says Dixon, who has more than three decades experience as a teacher and is a parent of boys, and is the author of “Helping Boys Learn: Six Secrets for Your Son’s Success in School,” (HelpingBoysLearn.com). He also has a teacher’s edition titled “Helping Boys Learn: Six Secrets for Teaching Boys in the Classroom.”

“There are many other studies, however, showing boys underperforming in school; now, it’s a matter of what we’re going to do about it.”'