Sunday, November 25, 2007

Gender and Learning: Selected Readings

For some time, Collins Middle School teachers and administrators have been engaged in research and thoughtful discussion about the implications of offering a single-sex class option to our students. New members of the CMS learning community may be interested in reading the books and newspaper, magazine and professional journal articles cited below. In some cases a user ID, password, or other login information is needed in order to access the full text of a particular article. To obtain this login information, please contact Joanne O'Keefe, Library Media Specialist (joanneokeefe@salem.k12.ma.us ; (978)740-1229).

"Why We Must Try Same-Sex Instruction", by Carol Laster, Education Digest, 70:1, September 2004, pp.59-62.
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"How Tweens View Single-Sex Classes", by Frances R. Spielhagen, Educational Leadership, 63:7, April 2006, pp.68-72.
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"The Gender Gap at School", by David Brooks, The New York Times, June 11, 2006.

"Are Boys Making the Grade? Gender Gaps in Achievement and Attainment", Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, October 2006.

"US Opens Door to Schools Teaching Boys, Girls Separately", by Ben Feller, The Boston Globe, October 25, 2006.

"The Coed Classroom", by Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers, The Boston Globe, October 26, 2006.

"The Wonders of a Single-Sex Education", by Lorraine Garnett Ward, The Boston Globe, October 30, 2006.

"Charter School Puts Hope in Same-Sex Classes", by Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe, November 27, 2006.

"Putting Single-Sex Schooling Back on Course", by Rosemary Salomone, Education Week, 26:14, December 6, 2006, pp.32-33, 44.

"Trying to Find Solutions in Chaotic Middle Schools", Elissa Gootman, The New York Times, January 3, 2007.

"Single-Sex vs. Coed: The Evidence", National Association for Single Sex Public Education

"Gender-Based Education: Why It Works at the Middle School Level", by William C. Perry, NASSP Bulletin, 80:577, February 1996, pp.32-35.

Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences, by Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. New York: Doubleday, 2005.

Guys Write for Guys Read, edited by Jon Scieszka. New York: Viking, 2005.

The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids, by Barbara Strauch. New York: Doubleday, 2003.

Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, by Rachel Simmons. New York: Harcourt, 2002.

Reading, Writing, and Gender: Instructional Strategies and Classroom Activities That Work for Girls and Boys, by Gail Lynn Goldberg and Barbara Sherr Roswell. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, 2002.