Teaching the female brain : how girls learn math and science
Record details
- ISBN: 1412967090 (cloth)
- ISBN: 9781412967099 (cloth)
- ISBN: 1412967104 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781412967105 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xiii, 188 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
print - Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Monica M. Gillespie -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Introduction -- Quiz -- The problem -- How to help -- 1. The influence of cognitive gender differences -- Quiz -- pt. I. The brain and senses -- What the brain looks like -- Sensory differences -- pt. II. The mind -- Verbal skills -- Analytic styles -- Brain and cognitive differences -- 2. Differences in learning approaches -- Quiz -- Learning modalities -- Auditory learning -- Verbal learning -- Kinesthetic learning -- Visual learning -- Group size -- Fairness -- Learning disabilities -- Dyslexia -- Dysgraphia/dyspraxia -- Dyscalculia -- Synthesizing versus analyzing -- Learning differences and the classroom -- 3. Dealing with stress -- Quiz -- Stress -- Management of test anxiety -- Math anxiety -- Ability versus effort -- Self- handicapping -- Focus -- Management of distractions -- 4. Teaching math to the female brain -- Quiz -- Performance in math -- Testing differences -- Why girls don't like math -- Lack of confidence -- Lack of skills -- Differences in problem-solving approaches -- People orientation preference -- Manipulatives -- Exact solutions -- What can be done to help? -- Early introduction -- Attitude change -- Clearer instruction -- Focus on process, not product -- Peer influence -- Math and girls -- 5. Teaching science to the female brain -- Quiz -- Why girls don't like science -- Access (or the lack of it) -- Science is uninteresting -- Collaborative learning style -- Science background -- Spatial relationships -- Other sensory differences -- Why girls should do well in science -- Study skills -- Self-discipline -- What can be done to help? -- Encouragement and mentors -- Methods to change girls' minds -- Science and girls -- 6. Teaching math and science to girls in a coed school -- Sociocultural issues -- History -- Families -- Other teachers -- Role models -- Verbal versus visual approach -- Single-sex classes or programs -- Practical applications -- Final words -- 7. Gendered instruction -- Virginia standards of learning -- Differentiated instruction -- Components of differentiated instruction -- Multiple intelligences -- Tasks for each of the intelligences -- Learning modalities -- Unit design -- Empowering girls as learners -- Test-taking strategies -- Beginning strategies -- Strategies for specific item types -- Final words -- 8. Resources and other help -- Math techniques -- Verbalizing math -- Box the operator -- Books -- Books with interesting and simple science experiments -- Books with interesting approaches to math -- Web sites -- Engineering Web Sites for girls -- Science program Web sites for girls -- Web sites with good materials for math and science -- Learning style assessments -- Elementary school -- Secondary school -- References -- Index. |
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Subject: | Sex differences in education Girls Psychology Girls Education Science Study and teaching Mathematics Study and teaching |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QA 11.2 .J36 2009 | 30775305448665 | General Collection | Available | - |