Consider comments such as: "Jessica, you take the notes while Jamal and Charles do the experiment." Or "Now I know all of you girls are going to be squeamish about what we're going to do next..." These comments are:
a. appropriate since traditionally girls have not actively participated in science classes.
b. appropriate since some genders like to be actively involved and others like to be more passive.
c. related to the problem of "equity" whereby girls are not treated equally in science classes.
d. inappropriate because experiments are not appropriate for middle school science classes.
c
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a. True b. False
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a. holding festivals b. designing annual special events c. going into the community d. holding a feast