Comments on: Language development differences based on gender http://ahinson7.edublogs.org/2008/03/08/language-development-differences-based-on-gender/ Education, Technology and Culture...from a country girl Thu, 07 May 2009 01:16:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Nate Lowell http://ahinson7.edublogs.org/2008/03/08/language-development-differences-based-on-gender/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Nate Lowell Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:34:44 +0000 http://ahinson7.edublogs.org/2008/03/08/language-development-differences-based-on-gender/#comment-15 Actually, I think you don't need two different lessons. What you need to do is make sure that the boys hear/see it. The main finding of the piece was that accurate performance was correlated in language area activatio in girls but in sensory activation in boys. The same lesson, and the same performance accuracy, but ONLY if the different areas of the brain was engaged. Language for girls, and sensory for boys. Actually, I think you don’t need two different lessons.

What you need to do is make sure that the boys hear/see it.

The main finding of the piece was that accurate performance was correlated in language area activatio in girls but in sensory activation in boys. The same lesson, and the same performance accuracy, but ONLY if the different areas of the brain was engaged. Language for girls, and sensory for boys.

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