The Gender Gap

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I have just been sent a very interesting article on Twitter.

The Article explains that popular belief is that girls are at a disadvantage in the classroom - however recently it seems to be boys who are disadvantaged with girls getting better results.

There are different theories as to why this may be so, such as: measures to better serve the needs of girls have put boys at a disadvantage, a lack of reading material for boys, a lack of male teachers and also less time for play in busy schedules at school.

Another theory is that literacy has in recent years has been pushed onto earlier years and it seems girls pick up reading earlier. Perhaps boys can fall behind at this early stage and once boys have fallen behind it maybe difficult to catch up.

Whatever the reasons the article suggests 3 steps for helping boys with their literacy and spelling:
- Make reading and writing guy friendly
- Increase opportunities for recess
- Tap into private tutoring

I believe that Spellzone can help here, either alongside a private tutor or just as a course to help a student along with their spelling. It is possible to let a student work their way through the Spellzone course with either a minimum of supervision or with help from an adult and all their results and progress will be stored so that parents, tutors and teachers can regularly assess their progress.

The article can be found here:
https://www.divinecaroline.com/22121/91809-gender-gap--boys-can-t-keep

Tarot


05 Jul 2010
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