Brooke Benefield & Eli Lopez

Annotations:

• Use the Note Area to cite sources of information you found. Click the upper right corner of the box to make the note pad appear, then type.

1. Level 2: Sources Before 2010. In the bubbles below, record the main idea of each of the five articles we read for the discussion posts. Use dates in APA style.
   1. The main idea of the Mead(2006) article is both boys and girls are improving, girls are just improving faster.

      Annotations:

      • http://www.cpec.ca.gov/CompleteReports/ExternalDocuments/ESO_BoysAndGirls.pdf
      1. Race tends to be the bigger issue.
   2. EXAMPLE: The main idea of the Greene (1978) article is sexism cancels personal possibilities.

      Annotations:

      • Note the citation here - it is APA style.  The author's last name and the date of the article/book.  Then at the end, you would have a list of references in APA style that would include the name of the article/book - like what most of you did for your biography project.
      1. This goes for boys and girls.
   3. In the Whitmier (2004), the main idea is Boys are not doing as well as girls in school.

      Annotations:

      • Whitmier (2004)
   4. In How Schools Shortchange Girls, schools passively neglect girls.

      Annotations:

      • https://iii.library.unt.edu/articles/4425801.31569/1.PDF
   5. In the Mead article (2008), the main idea is that gender based education is not actually beneficial.
2. Level 2: Sources After 2010. Choose 5 of the 8 new articles I provided, or search the web for others. Any combination is also fine. In the bubbles below, record the main idea of each.
   1. Boys and girls have differing levels of anxiety in math class, yet they perform almost on the same level.

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      • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/08/math_anxiety_gets_closer_look_.html?r=1649343940&qs=boys+and+girls
      1. Girls had higher anxiety levels than boys in class.
      2. Boys and girls had roughly the same level of anxiety in tests.
   2. "boys significantly outnumber girls at New York City's elite, exam-based public schools" Mead (2013)

      Annotations:

      • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook/2013/03/should_we_care_about_gender_composition_at_new_yorks_elite_public_schools.html?qs=girls+and+boys
      1. There are just as many smart girls as smart boys, but the boys are the ones in the schools.
      2. Perhaps because the exams are more math/science based.
   3. Students in rural areas who are involved in extracurricular activities on average have higher GPA's.

      Annotations:

      • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2014/01/gender_gaps_alter_benefits_of_.html?qs=girls+and+boys
      1. Boys that participated in church tended to have higher test scores than females in church.
      2. Girls in sports tended to have higher scores than males in sports.
   4. Male and female science teachers spend more time in class with males than females.

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      • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2014/03/study_science_teachers_inadver.html?cmp=ENL-CM-NEWS2
      1. Males receive 39% more time than girls.
   5. Girls typically score higher in reading and boys typically score higher in math and science.

      Annotations:

      • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/03/math_achievement_gap_for_girls.html?qs=boys+and+girls
      1. Girls are not terribly far behind boys in math.
      2. Boys are pretty far behind girls in reading
3. Level 1: At least three connections go in bubbles on this level. What have you found to remain the same throughout both time periods (before 2010 and after 2010) concerning girls' and boys' ed? Write these connections in boxes/bubbles on this level.

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   • Here is where you show evidence of your thinking. Connect the pieces about boys and girls' education that you have found to be the same in sources before 2010 (which we read for the discussions) and in sources you found dated after 2010.
   1. Girls typically score higher in reading and boys typically score higher in math and science.
   2. Boys and girls learn differently.
   3. Boys and girls perform differently due to different expectations.
4. Level 3: What differences in the updated information did you find? Compare articles dated after 2010 to those dated before 2010. Record at least three.
   1. Mead (2013) says that there are more boys in the elite public schools, whereas Whitmier (2004) writes that the girls should be doing better than the guys.
   2. Whitmier (2004) says that boys are receiving less help than girls academically, whereas Heiten (2014) says that girls are receiving less help than boys.
   3. Segal (2013) says boys outperform girls yearly in SATs whereas
   4. Level 4: Look at sources dated after 2010 that your group found for this week's discussion posts. On this level, show at least two likenesses (to the right) and two differences(to the left) you found as you studied these and ANY other works we have studied in the course. Cite your findings.
      1. This is a video that describes the only reason there is a wage gap between men and women is because of the types of jobs women and men have. If we want that to change, than we need to change as a society and start with that change in education: http://youtu.be/EwogDPh-Sow#aid=P-enk9BEq8I This is similar to How Schools Shortchange Girls
      2. This is an article explaining why boys are struggling in school, but more from a behavioral point of view than stricly motor skills like the assigned article. Same conclusion, just different way of getting there: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20131115-why-boys-are-falling-behind.ece
      3. This is just another article explaining why gender-based education is a bad idea: http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/can-genderbased-classes-bad-school-18934.html.
      4. Level 5: What conclusion(s) have you drawn about girls and boys' education as a result of synthesizing all you have read for this assignment?
         1. Boys and girls do learn differently, but still need to learn together.

            Annotations:

            • http://www.hereiswhereifound.com.  A notation needs to be on each of your bubbles in this area - support what you believe!  For example, you could refer to something in "Savage Inequalities", in which case you would write: (Kozol, 1991)
         2. Sexism in school must first be battled by eliminating stereotypes in genders globally.
         3. Sexism places limits on both boys and girls.