What sex differences show up in the elementary classroom? How do these differences stay constant or change through high school and college?
What will be an ideal response?
* Boys and girls are treated differently in school starting at an early age, as indicated in studies that have shown girls are reinforced for communicating more gently, and boys more assertively.
* Teachers are likely to identify boys as their best students and as more skilled in mathematics.
* Teachers are more likely to say that girls are more skilled in language and social skills.
* Boys are continually taught to be talkative and assertive, whereas girls are taught to be passive and polite.
* These early patterns continue into high school and college as boys and girls tend to take different classes, women earn fewer science degrees, and textbooks portray few women in them.
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