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The Next New Subgroup:
Understanding how Boys and
Girls Really Are Different
Administrators’ Webinar - January 2011
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Goal Sessions:
• Understand the brain science and gender differences
• Create ways to reach the needs of both boys and girls
• Build a plan to take the information back to your staff
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“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean
to keep on doing so until the end.”
Abraham Lincoln
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True/False1. Colleges are ‘gender-blind’ in admittance.
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1. Colleges are ‘gender-blind’ in admittance?
• Video
• 70/30 ratio
• 12 percentage points
• Vocational Tech Programs
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True/False2. There are more girls graduating college with
honors than boys.
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2. There are more girls graduating college with honors than boys.
• Women leave men in dust
• Motivation
• Lack of focus
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True/False3. Boys typically don’t do well in school
because rules are based on those established by women.
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3. Boys typically don’t do well in school because rules are based on those
established by women.
• Boys Code
• Female structure
• Details
• Feelings
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True/False4. Girls hear differently than boys.
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4. Girls hear differently than boys.
• Girls and the female teacher
• Girls and the male teacher
• Boys and the female teacher
• Boys and the male teacher
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True/False5. Girls process language at a more rapid rate
than boys.
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5. Girls process language at amore rapid rate than boys.
• Clock Partner
• Corpus Collosum
• Teaching Strategies
12_________
_________3
_________6
9_________
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True/False6. Brains in boys develop faster than brains
in girls.
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6. Brains in boys develop faster than brains in girls.
• About two year age gap at age 5
• Parts of brain develop in a similar order
• Kindergarten & the Standards based movement
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True/False7. Boys and girls see the same.
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7. Boys and girls see the same.
• M Cells (movement/action)
• P Cells (color/texture)
• Classroom creation
• Writing connection
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True/False8. Girls and boys are ready to read at the
same time.
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8. Girls and boys are ready to read at the same time.
• Brains develop at different rates
• Mem Fox study
• Symbolic (sensory ladder)
• Experience
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True/False9. Boys and girls are hardwired differently.
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9. Boys and girls are hardwired differently.
• Newborn baby study conducted
• Study of apes
• Trucks and dolls
• What does it mean?
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True/False10. Teachers should create gender neutral
classrooms.
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10. Teachers should create gender neutral classrooms
• Boys—Give them action—don’t verbally discuss• Avoid, “Are you going to be good today?
“Think about what today is going to look like?”• Females have a larger corpus collosum (eight lane
highway)• Males have smaller (one way road)• Stress Curves
– Male comes in after not having a good day and says, “Don’t touch me. I hate me.” That is a stress curve. Let him be. When he is finished say, “Don’t ever do that again.”
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So, why does gender matter?• Create a 3-2-1 chart
• As you listen to the video…– Write 3 new facts that you learned– State two questions you want to have
answered by peers or investigate on your own– One thing you will do differently in your
classroom this fall
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Next Steps• What does this mean for you?
• Develop an action plan chart with your Learning Club stating how you plan to share this information with your staff.
• Include specific changes you will make
• Share with the group.
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True/False1. Colleges are ‘gender-blind’ in admittance.
2. There are more girls graduating college with honors than boys.
3. Boys typically don’t do well in school because rules are based on those established by women.
4. Girls hear differently than boys.
5. Girls process language at a more rapid rate than boys.
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True/False6. Brains in boys develop faster than brains
in girls.
7. Boys and girls see the same.
8. Girls and boys are ready to read at the same time.
9. Boys and girls are hardwired differently.
10.Teachers should create gender neutral classrooms.
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