Girls have harder time than boys adjusting in language-learning environment

[Francis Hult]

Brain Mysteries

 

Girls have harder time than boys adjusting in language-learning environment

 

A study of 3- to 6-year-olds attending an international school in Beijing found that in general, girls had more social adjustment problems than boys. The students, representing 16 nationalities, were immersed in both Chinese and English, meaning each child was learning at least one new language. 

 

"In early childhood, we know from previous research that girls are more verbal and more social than boys, generally speaking, but what we found in this study is that girls had a tougher time with social adjustment in the classroom," said Anne Soderman, MSU professor emeritus of family and child ecology and lead researcher on the project. 

 

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http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Girls_have_harder_time_than_boys_adjusting_in_language-learning_environment.asp

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