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- Differences in how Girls and Boys Learn
Girls and boys differ fundamentally in the learning style they feel most comfortable with. These differences derive both from basic physiological differences, such as differences in the ability to hear, and from differences in higher-level cortical functions.
- Learning Styles, Learning Differences
Every brain is unique. Each person learns the same things in school, yet each person learns differently. Three learning styleskinesthetic, visual and auditoryare the three main ways in which children learn, but there are others described by educators as well.
- National Assoc for Single Sex Public Education
Spend a few minutes to look over the evidence, pro and con, regarding single-sex education. Start with some very basic, but often overlooked, facts about girls and boys including the fact that brains of girls and boys differ in important ways; girls and boys have different learning styles; and how single-sex schools offer unique educational opportunities for girls, and for boys.
