Leveraging gender differences to boost test scores.

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This article explained how boys are scoring lower than girls on reading tests, and how the gap continues to grow as students get older.  It lays out different ways to get boys more interested in reading, and explains how their brains are not as ready for some activities as soon as girls are.

Giving variety and choices, and allowing boys to focus on plot instead of emotions and feelings are just two examples of what the article says can be done to get boys more involved in reading in the classroom.  By getting them more interested in reading, their tests scores and the gap that we see will begin to improve.

Costello, B (2008). Leveraging gender differences to boost test scores. The Education Digest, 73(9), 32-35.

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