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Tanya Khovanova, a gold medalist at the International Math Olympiad seems somewhat hesitant (although not completely against it) about girls-only math enrichmen
by imb 13y ago
Tanya Khovanova, a gold medalist at the International Math Olympiad seems somewhat hesitant (although not completely against it) about girls-only math enrichment programs: http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/?p=60 http://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/?p=60. I wonder if there might be another co-ed approach that would encourage girls while not forcing them to be segregated.
- cantankerous 13y agoEverybody's entitled to their opinions. I think there's actually been a decent number of studies that have shown that girls tend to perform better at a younger age when kept in all-girl environment....at least with respect to school. This effect may generalize to other things like the article, or maybe it doesn't. I think the merits are there to warrant giving it a try, though.
- imb 13y agoI would actually be interested in seeing these studies because it seems (based on my teaching experience) that how girls feel in a class with male students may depend to a large extent on how the teacher manages the class. I'm not even talking about teachers who discourage girls, but teachers who let boys dominate the classroom (which should not happen).