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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 [...]

An Annotation by Bobbie Dunn
This article explained how the teen brain is more like a child’s than an adult’s, which is contrary to popular belief.  It then elaborated on which parts of the brain are still changing and why this makes some aspects of learning more difficult for teens.  It then broke the teen brain [...]

Goldman, D. (1995).  Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.  New York, NY: Bantam.
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Another outstanding book explaining the power of emotions in the human experience.  The idea here is that a person’s ability to recognize, harness, and/or control their emotions play even a larger role in determining happiness and/or success than intelligence [...]

Saunders, J., Nelson S. (2004).  Closing gender gaps in science.  Educational Leadership 62 (3) 74-77.
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This article related some very interesting data about some AP test scores in the Dallas, Texas area.  The bottom line is that while girls are outscoring (and out-taking) boys in most AP tests, not only are fewer girls taking fewer [...]

James, A. (2007).  Teaching the male brain: How boys think, feel, and learn in school.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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By far the best book I’ve found explaining both brain-based and social sex differences and their implications for the classroom.  The title would lead one to believe that this is a book only about boys.  [...]

Goldberg, G., Roswell, B. (2002).  Reading, writing and gender: Instructional strategies and classroom activities that work for boys and girls.  Larchmont, NY: Eye On Education.
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Recommended for grades 3-8, this book is loaded with specific lessons, tools, and activities designed to teach Language Arts skills (such as reading and writing) with gender in mind.  The [...]

Simmons, R. (2002).  Odd girl speaks out: Girls write about bullies, cliques, popularity, and jealousy.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
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This is a fascinating collection of writings by girls themselves, collected and edited by Simmons after inviting them, after reading Odd Girl Out, to write about their own experiences.  Much of this bears out the findings [...]

Simmons, R. (2002).  Odd girl out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls.  San Diego, CA: Harcourt.
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This is a fascinating look at the culture of girls in schools and how they deal with anger, aggression and bullying.  This book takes a look at this gender difference from the learned or social side of the [...]

Gurian, M. (1996).  The wonder of boys: What parents, mentors and educators can do to shape boys into exceptional men.  New York. NY: Penguin Books.
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Again, much of the same brain based information as Sax, but Gurian does add an interesting section entitled How Boys Experience Their Feelings and Emotions, listing eight “internal processing methods [...]

Gurian, M. (2002).  The wonder of girls: Understanding the hidden nature of our daughters.  New York. NY: Atria Books.
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Gurian is a family therapist turned author who repeats much of the same information that is found in the other brain-based literature, but especially in regard to comparing boys’ and girls’ (as well as men’s and [...]