Friday, January 20, 2012

Single Sex Classroom/Schools

The authors purpose for writing this non bias article Do Boys, Girls Learn Better Separately? was to inform readers of the pros and cons of having single sex classrooms/schools. The authors view point on this topic is that they somewhat help test scores but its very hard right now for researchers to tell if it’s because of the same sex classes or just because. The article includes quotes from the kids, the teachers and researchers about how this change makes them feel and if they think it’s changing anything at all. One eighth grader said, "We can just act like ourselves" this makes me think that she likes having a class with just girls and it helps. Where as Sims said, "I cannot say single-gender schooling makes or breaks the learning" showing a different side that maybe it doesn’t really change much. Because the author shows conflicting evidence by showing pros and cons the article is unbiased, making more useful to everyone. I know this is a reliable source because it has a copyright date that was not to long ago, a phone number of the author and who the author’s employer is.

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