How does gender influence students?
Gender plays a role in the way some students preform in school. In fact, some students actually do worse in classes because they believe they will be viewed differently by their peers. For example in art class, boys may be hesitant to try and excel because they believe it will make their appearance of masculinity diminish to their friends. This situation is based from one of the sexes being hesitant in trying their hardest; however, some studies have reported actual differences in testing scores in certain classes for boys and girls. In math and science, boys have historically preformed better than girls. For girls; however, studies have shown that they preform better in speaking, reading, and writing than boys. While this is certainly not a cardinal rule, some differences have been detected. This is an interesting concept to think about because each sex should be given the same opportunity in every subject. This concept is attributed to biological differences between the way boys' and girls' brains work. Girls tent to favor the left hemisphere of the brain which is responsible for sequential skills, speaking, reading, and writing. The right hemisphere is responsible for spatial relations which leads to better scores in math and science. Teachers should keep these studies in mind when they teach their "gender specific" courses.
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