EDU101.002Ch2Gender

According to "The Joy of Teaching," by Hall, Quinn, and Gollnick, biologically it often seems that girls use their left hemispheres more, which allows for better skills in reading, writing, and language. Boys, on the other hand, tend to be more localized in the right hemisphere which allows for them to do better in subjects such as math and science. Socially it seems that students generally fall into masculine and feminine characteristics of society. Boys often fall into the masculine category in which they are expected to be independent, assertive, and emotionally stable. On the flip side, girls often fall into the feminine category where they are expected to be quite, polite, and behaved.