New UGA study: Their classroom demeanors give girls a boost in grades over boys in classroom
Interesting release from the University of Georgia on why girls fare better than boys in elementary school.If interested in this issue, check out this interview I did with the author of “The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World.” Author and behavioral psychologist Anthony Rao maintains that today’s classrooms favor how girls learn.
“Girls use more words. They are heavy on reading and early literacy and more social cooperation,” Rao told me. The boy brain is wired for motor skill development and spatial tasks, and boys learn more by touching and exploration. (There are exceptions, he says, describing himself as a compliant learner eager to do what the