Comments on: Homeschools and the gender gap http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Iluzjonista » Blog Archive » The Seventh Day: Twelfth Edition http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-277805 Iluzjonista » Blog Archive » The Seventh Day: Twelfth Edition Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:43:07 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-277805 [...] shares Homeschools and the Gender Gap from Principled [...] [...] shares Homeschools and the Gender Gap from Principled [...]

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]]> By: Renae http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211892 Renae Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:19:21 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211892 Thanks for this great follow-up! Yes, we are all different, and homeschooling has the advantage of being able to give customized education. I kept trying to get my son to read chapter books. He did enjoy Thornton Burgess' Animal Stories, but they are just short stories. Then I took a step back and realized he reads all the time. He checks out a *pile* of science books whenever we go to the library. He reads every one. He does enjoy a good story, but that is not his first choice. Ms. Dang said girls read to escape, boys read to find out things. That holds true in this family. Thanks for this great follow-up! Yes, we are all different, and homeschooling has the advantage of being able to give customized education.

I kept trying to get my son to read chapter books. He did enjoy Thornton Burgess’ Animal Stories, but they are just short stories. Then I took a step back and realized he reads all the time. He checks out a *pile* of science books whenever we go to the library. He reads every one. He does enjoy a good story, but that is not his first choice. Ms. Dang said girls read to escape, boys read to find out things. That holds true in this family.

]]> By: Life On The Planet http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211817 Life On The Planet Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:27:20 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211817 "...you can supplement your answer with an explanation." Both of my boys love to read. Both of my boys love to wiggle. One of my boys communicated in beeps for an entire year. (He was a robot.) The other has issues which included a delay in reading (now caught up, thanks to his brilliant teacher!). Choice D seems like a fit. “…you can supplement your answer with an explanation.”

Both of my boys love to read. Both of my boys love to wiggle. One of my boys communicated in beeps for an entire year. (He was a robot.) The other has issues which included a delay in reading (now caught up, thanks to his brilliant teacher!). Choice D seems like a fit.

]]> By: Shawna http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211627 Shawna Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:50:14 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211627 CHOICE D is exactly what I observed both as a teacher and a mother... of boys. CHOICE D is exactly what I observed both as a teacher and a mother… of boys.

]]> By: Dana http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211039 Dana Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:29:21 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211039 I shall leave that up to you, LOTP. Number two keyboard, or you can supplement your answer with an explanation. I had a college professor that did that. He found that when people explained their wrong answers on the standardized tests he gave, that they did demonstrate understanding. The problem was in the way the questions were worded. The tests I turned in were small books as I explained everything. I've always struggled with multiple choice and have found them more difficult than a nice essay test. I shall leave that up to you, LOTP. Number two keyboard, or you can supplement your answer with an explanation.

I had a college professor that did that. He found that when people explained their wrong answers on the standardized tests he gave, that they did demonstrate understanding. The problem was in the way the questions were worded.

The tests I turned in were small books as I explained everything. I’ve always struggled with multiple choice and have found them more difficult than a nice essay test.

]]> By: Christy http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211037 Christy Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:28:35 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-211037 They need to consult the "real" experts, parents of boys. They need to consult the “real” experts, parents of boys.

]]> By: Life On The Planet http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-210613 Life On The Planet Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:44:35 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-210613 I have two boys, and I'd have to pick choice D. Do I have to fill in the circle for it with a number 2 pencil? I have two boys, and I’d have to pick choice D.

Do I have to fill in the circle for it with a number 2 pencil?

]]> By: Mrs. C http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-210140 Mrs. C Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:44:47 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/03/05/homeschools-and-the-gender-gap/#comment-210140 I'm homeschooling two of my five boys. I think homeschooling lets us go at our own pace. Some things we started later than the public schools, but eventually we catch up and the concepts are learned well. My boys are extremely fond of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, which they probably wouldn't admit to if they attended p.s. I’m homeschooling two of my five boys. I think homeschooling lets us go at our own pace. Some things we started later than the public schools, but eventually we catch up and the concepts are learned well.

My boys are extremely fond of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, which they probably wouldn’t admit to if they attended p.s.

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