July 17, 2006

Is the pendulum on its way back?

"A new study by University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Judith Kleinfeld indicates that boys, regardless of their socioeconomic status, lag behind their female peers in language arts."

Here.

Posted by Alan Hogue at July 17, 2006 10:06 AM
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And from the study conducted two months previously,

However, the study also found that males consistently outperformed females in some verbal abilities, such as identifying objects, knowing antonyms and synonyms and completing verbal analogies, debunking the popular idea that girls develop all communication skills earlier than boys.
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at July 17, 2006 10:20 AM

I would think that by high school it's not an issue of cognitive development any more.

Posted by: Alan Hogue at July 17, 2006 10:31 AM