1. Do you agree with Brooks claim about Boys and Girls reading differently? I do agree that boys and girls read differently, the brain processes things differently. Boys want to read something that will hold their interest and girls will read books that are more desirable to them. 2. Examine the evidence for Brooks’ claim that boys’ and girls’ brains are different. Do you think Brooks produces enough evidence? Brooks provided why, but didn’t provide enough evidence he stated what has been researched, but not by who the research was done by or when. 3. Can you think of any evidence that Brooks should add? Brooks should have added where, how and by who the research was done and the outcome of how boys and girls brains function differently.
Mary, I received a call from Mr. Dennis Hyatt, he has twin girl 's who are 8 years old at Manzanita. According to Dad the girls are being bullied and physically harmed by the same girl every day. Mr. Hyatt indicated that he has spoken to Ms. Hayes regarding the issue and that Ms. Hayes would do an investigation to hear both sides of the story. According to Ms. Hyatt, Ms. Hayes relayed information that his girls are doing the one doing the bullying, which he doesn 't agree with because he as spoken to other kids in their class who live in his neighborhood and they have confirmed that the issue is not with his daughters.
Hidden Intellectualism is an article written by Gerald Graff on the school system and how being street smart is better than being book smart. Graff fills most of the article with stories from his childhood and relating the issue back to himself. He starts the article by asserting that “…schools and colleges might be at fault for missing the opportunity to tap into such street smarts and channel them into good academic work.” Immediately Graff blames the school system for not providing a way for street smart students to be academically engaged. Graff goes on to talk about his childhood throughout most of the article and strongly relates his love of sports to how this love could be academically applied in a classroom.
What makes Charlotte Geaghan- Breiner’s essay an academic argument is the evidence proven from research to back up her argument. She uses this argument to put sense into an audience of anyone who has children and give them information on how nature can be the solution to many problems. The type of argument Geaghan-
But, the strength that Müller-Hill shows through the article is his ability to use Primary sources that pertained to his argument. This article helps reinforce the historians that believe they are fully accountable for the crimes of the debate. However, this article like I said earlier only looks at one scientists. But, also allows me to make assumptions and connect dots that I see can
In the essay “Women’s Brains” published in 1980 in Natural History, Stephen Jay Gould, an evolutionary biologist, argues against the judgments against women referring to their “lack” of intelligence. He also argues that we cannot trust science to give us the full truth without missing something. Gould wrote this text in response to a study from the French professor Paul Broca when he founded that women are inferior to men because their skull size was smaller making them not as smart and Gould analyzed not only Broca’s work but also many of his followers to show that the results they found from their own work always has one flaw in their work when they argue that women aren’t as smart as men. He studied Broca’s work to argue that Broca’s conclusions
Reading may seem like an run of the mill thing where you laugh at the funny jokes, glare into the abyss when the text possess a provocative quote. To Mike Bunn the author of “How to Read Like A Writer,” has a different interpretation of what reading should be. Mike Bunn emphasizes that reading should be more than just context, he argues that you need to question the authors’ choice of words, literary devices, sentence placement, in order to be able to become better readers and writers ourselfs. He presents it to the audience in a manner that is very interactive. He begins by explaining what he means to “Read Like a Writer”(Bunn, How to Read Like A Writer), followed by questions that should be asked about the text and writing style, and techniques that should be done to become a more proficient writer.
n the article Secrets of the Brain, author Carl Zimmer explores the current research that is going into how the brain works. With all the ways that people are suffering due to brain related injuries or diseases there is a lot of incentive to understand how the brain works so that they can understand what is causing things like autism and dementia and how to cure paralysis. The intricacies of the brain are so vast that research has barely scratched the surface of learning about how it works let alone how to use the information to cure brain damage. “We can’t tell a schizophrenic brain from an autistic brain from a normal brain,” says Christof Koch. But the research that’s going on now, he believes, is moving neuroscience to a remarkable new
He supports this argument by citing a study conducted by students who have attended The University College London. The study proved to us that we no longer thoroughly read material, rather we just skim over most of what we read. From the convoluted works of the late 19th century, to the material of present day, the way we write and comprehend
His studies showed that the babies sought the comfort of the terry cloth mom monkey no matter which mom fed them. This study to me, would have been better, had he added one more element, such as a real live female monkey, the baby monkey would have most likely preferred the touch, feel and communication she provided,
However, there are more resounding evidence that disproves the relationship between vaccines and autism that can’t be ignored. The study, published by the Lancet in 1998, conducted by Dr. Andrew Wakefield ignited a controversy in the medical world. 12 children believed to have developed autism participated in a study that reviewed their medical histories and evaluated their developments. They were reviewed for any underlying biological/physiological factors that could affect the child’s health.
Should kids read To Kill a Mockingbird By, Harper Lee or not is the big question. It is a very good question and many people have many different answers. There are many reasons why people think that we should not read To Kill A Mockingbird, and many people have reasons why we should. I believe that students should read it because it teaches students about the past and it connects to real life and real families. I believe that kids in 9th and 10th grade should read the book.
These views, from Walkerdine et al. (1989) study, were maintained even when the girls outperformed boys in his
This write up will consider the works of these two scientists in examining the position, strength and weaknesses of each of the two sides of this debate.
In addition, the effects reading has on the characters will also be discussed; specifically the way issues related to female reading are touched upon in the novel, such as the effects of
Reading aloud by parents or later on, reading for themselves, mediate different values to the children, too. In the following, this essay will discuss in how far a book deals with different social values or general knowledge