What does the research say about gender and reading?
a. World-wide literacy scores indicate that boys do not perform as well as girls, i.e., in England, girls score higher than boys in English when tested at ages 7, 11, 14 and 16
b. When teachers provide equal treatment to both genders, boys and girls read with equal proficiencythe reality is many teachers cater to girls' reading interests and abilities.
c. Findings are gender-specificgirls score higher when reading novels and other forms of fiction; and boys score higher when reading nonfiction.
d. Although boys score less proficient than girls, boys during the last ten years, have made admirable strides in reading improvement.
Question 2
What is the best statement educators can say about multicultural literature?
a. Generally speaking, the goal of providing young adults with quality multicultural literature has been achieved due to publishers' efforts in this area.
b. Although improvements are still needed, considerable progress has been made as the number of books focusing on multicultural individuals, themes, and issues have increased.
c. Publishers and book review editors usually seek out multicultural literature because they have a wide appeal to schools.
d. Although our society and schools are growing in cultural diversity, young adult literature should continue to reflect middle-class Anglo values since the European culture continues to dominate.
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