Few other clear-cut differences between boys' and girls' neural structures, brain activity, or neurochemistry have thus far emerged, even for something as obviously different as self-regulation.
Our actual ability differences are quite small. Although psychologists can measure statistically significant distinctions between large groups of men and women or boys and girls, there is much more overlap in the academic and even social-emotional abilities of the genders than there are differences (Hyde, 2005). To put it another way, the range of performance within each gender is wider than the difference between the average boy and girl.
Baby boys are modestly more physically active than girls (Campbell & Eaton, 1999).
Toddler girls talk one month earlier, on average, than boys (Fenson et al., 1994).
Boys appear more spatially aware (Quinn & Liben, 2008).
Avoid stereotyping
Appreciate the range of intelligences
Strengthen spatial awareness
Engage boys with the word
Recruit boys into nonathletic extracurricular activities
Assemble or create virtual jigsaws with your own photos and images. A great resource to hide clues, a twist on a multiple choice quiz or answers to homework.
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