Boys and Girls Learn Differently Decriminalizing Movement Short

Boys and Girls Learn Differently: Decriminalizing Movement Short Presentations Series by Patrick Atkerson, Ph. D.

Problem Students: Think of a student who has pushed your buttons.

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According to the National Center for Educational Statistics: • Boys account for 71 percent of all school suspensions. • Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to flunk or drop out of school; • Boys are four to five times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); • Women outnumber men in higher. • Boys make up two-thirds of the students in special education.

Are Boys Bad? • Boys are treated like dysfunctional girls. • Most schools are based on a feminine learning model. • Educational Policies have encouraged schools to focus on girls starting in the 70’s

Gender Differences in the Brain

Basics of Brain Development in Boys and Girls • • • Boys Left side language Right side spatial Development Testosterone Cortisol- fight or flight • Girls • Uses both sides of brain for Language • Estrogen • Cortisol – tend and befriend

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How do we turn on their minds?

Movement increases blood flow and enables learning

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Physical Space • Standing desk, wobble stools, stand at desk, creative seating.

Activities • Tennis ball toss for rote memory spelling, math facts • Place questions around room • Reader’s Theater • Act Out: water cycle; part of story; historical event; spell with your body; body angles

Brain Breaks • Cross lateral movement • Singing is a whole brain activity • Creative movement (be Johnny apple seed planting seeds) Photo Source: http: //teachnowaug 15 c 2. pbworks. com/w/page/100837258/Front. Page

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