Why boys fail : saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind / Richard Whitmire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitmire, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

[Pbk. ed.].

Other Title:

Saving our sons from an educational system that's leaving them behind

Place of Publication:

New York : American Management Association, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Selected as one of the American School Board Journal's "Top Education Reads."

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Paperback Edition; 1 Discovering the Problem; 2 The Reason for the Boy Troubles: Faltering Literacy Skills; 3 The Likely Causes of the Reading Lapses; 4 The Writing Failures; 5 The Blame Game: What Gets Blamed (Unfairly) for the Gender Gaps; 6 Solutions: What Works for Boys?; 7 Impediments to a Solution: The Ideological Stalemate; 8 The International Story: Australians Struggle with the Boy Troubles; 9 Why These Gender Gaps Matter; 10 Actions That Need to Be Taken; Appendix: The Facts About Boys; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781282492684

1282492683

9780814420362

0814420362

OCLC:

755069313