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Ladies Home Journal Magazine
"Look Who's Not Talking"
Family Love, Family Life, Family Matters

The Washington Times
Boys Encouraged, Girls Silenced in Class

Snippets of Insight

"We assume or hope that classrooms are fair and meaningful places. Some teachers may well be more aware than others of the way gender influences performance and participation. If so, how did they get more aware? Most teachers teach the way they were taught. It takes a lot to change things..."
teachers read more here

"I thought my main role as a parent was: to tell them to be themselves. But I can see that there are many places where they can't 'be themselves'. Classrooms make up a big chunk of a child's experience - I want to know what is going on there."
parents read more here

"I don't think this is about women being 'noisier' - it's about participating rather than being a silent audience member in your own life. Also, men are being pressured to be men in ways that are limiting them. Maybe we can all rest a bit if we can stop performing gender and be more genuine with who we are."
students read more here

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Ladies Home Journal Magazine
"Look Who's Not Talking"
Family Love, Family Life, Family Matters
By Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, October 2004

"Anyone who's been doing her homework knows that girls are less likely than boys to participate in classroom discussions. The sad surprise is that this gender gap starts as early as second-grade. Allyson Jule, Ph.D., author of Gender, Participation and Silence in the Language Classroom: Sh-shushing the Girls spent a year observing a second-grade teacher interact with her students and found the boys spoke ten times more and at greater length than the girls. Dr. Jule says the teacher's unwitting behavior - making more eye contact with the boys, singling them out more - may have sent messages downplaying the importance of what girls have to say..."

The Washington Times
Boys Encouraged, Girls Silenced in Class
June 22, 2004
url: www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040621-054118-1837r.htm

Hindustan Times
Front Page - print and online
June 24, 2004
url: www.hindustantimes.com/news/printedition/pdf/HT Next/240604.pdf

Douglas County News, Denver
Boys Encouraged, Girls Silenced in Class
United Press International, June 21, 2004
url: www.dcnewspress.com/site/...

Science and Spirit
Raise Your Hand... If You're a Boy
Kimberly Roots
url: http://www.science-spirit.org/new_detail.php?news_id=512

American Association of University Women
Research Indicates Gender-Language Bias:
Boys Are Encouraged to Talk and Interact in School While Girls Are Shushed
June 28, 2004
url: www.aauw.org/about/newsroom/...

British Columbia School Trustees Association
Educfact Archive
It's boys who blab, after all
Published on website July 5, 2004
url: www.bcsta.org/pub/EdufactArchives.html

Nosticiasdot.com, Barcelona, Spain
Los varones hablan mas en clase que las ninas, segun estudio
June 23, 2004
url: www.noticiasdot.com/stilo/contenido/noticias/2004/0604/2306/...

ElUniversal.com, Venezuela
El Sexo Como Factor Relevante
June 23, 2004
url: www.eud.com/2004/06/23/ten_art_23254K.shtml

MujersHoy, Venezuela
El Sexo Como Factor Relevante
June 24, 2004
url: www.mujereshoy.com/secciones/2095.shtml

Terra.com, Mexico
Los varones hablan mas que las ninas
June 25, 2004
url: www.terra.com.mx/mujer/articulo/...

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