Boys and Girls Learn Differently

It appears that boys and girls do learn differently. I liked the fact that your presentation was pretty interesting and the activities were fun; I personally question the accuracy of the sex i.d. test only because if you change a couple answer all the sudden you go from female to male. I thought that your website was really good, especially since it was not a wiki, and it has some great information on it. It was a good idea to work in new groups and to talk about issues that do affect the school atmosphere and situation -- it is important to talk about bullying, and positive memories, along with how to deal with different issues that may arise; my group had the advantage with having Dr. Grace in it.

The one major sticking point for me was that I really felt like you didn't talk much about the book itself. You talked about how the brains are different and that there is a continuum but you really didn't talk about why that is or what the author had to say about it. I really liked the activities but I was left wondering how they all connected or why they were used. Were things like bullying, positive school "mentors", and discipline talked about in the book? Or did you just use them because the concept of "right of passage" was the main thing talked about. I liked when we had to try and link the characteristic with the sex, but we only talked about the whole thing for about 2 minutes and then moved onto something else. I was hoping that maybe we could have talked about the characteristics or at least the authors input on how and why these are traits of each sex. Granted, for all I know, the author might not talk about it (and if that is the case then I apologize because its not your fault), but I figure that had to be some research and justification talked about.

All in all, I thought it was a good presentation that had us moving around, talking, and trying to incorporate these different concepts in our teaching and daily lives. I liked the fact that we were able to have a lot of "me" time with the whole group discussions. But, I would have really liked to know more about the book, why the brain is "different" for each sex, and how we are suppose to deal with that instead of just getting a handout.