首页
登录
职称英语
Girls think they are cleverer, more successful and harder working than boys
Girls think they are cleverer, more successful and harder working than boys
游客
2023-07-06
34
管理
问题
Girls think they are cleverer, more successful and harder working than boys from as young as four, a study has found. Boys come round to this view by the age of seven or eight and assume that girls will outperform them at school and behave better in lessons, research from the University of Kent shows.
The study—Gender Expectations and Stereotype Threat—argues that teachers have lower expectations of boys than of girls and this belief fulfils itself throughout primary and secondary school.
Girls’ performance at school may be boosted by what they perceive to be their teachers’ belief that they will achieve higher results and be more conscientious(勤奋的)than boys, the academics claim. Boys may underachieve because they pick up on teachers’ assumptions that they will obtain lower results than girls and have less drive.
"By seven or eight years old, children of both genders believe that boys are less focused, able and successful than girls—and think that adults endorse(认可)this stereotype," the academic Bonny Hartley said. "There are signs that these expectations have the potential to become self-fulfilling in influencing children’s actual conduct and achievement." Hartley said that while it was unacceptable to divide classes by the race of their pupils, this was not the case for gender. "In this way, it is widely acceptable to pitch the boys against the girls or ’harmlessly’ divide the class in this way for practical ease."
Jenny Parkes, senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of London, said there had been marked changes in girls’ achievement in the UK in the latter half of the 20th century, in part thanks to feminism’s influence on the way girls view themselves.
"This seems to be particularly the case for middle-class girls. Some studies have looked at how academic work is seen as ’feminine’ and so for some boys achieving highly at school risks being labelled as feminine," Parkes said.
"At the same time, this differs across different countries, ethnic and social class groups and from subject to subject. Adults do have an important role in helping children—whether they are girls or boys, high or low achievers—to have confidence in themselves as learners." [br] Why did British girls have great academic progress in the latter half of the 20th century?
选项
A、Boys with good performance at school were labeled as feminine.
B、Feminism advocated women’s superiority over men.
C、Middle-class girls were particularly smart.
D、Feminism affected the girls’ view of themselves.
答案
D
解析
第5段末的in part thanks to之后的内容即为原因,D中的affected对应文中的influence;the girls’view of themselves对应文中的the way girls view themselves,故D为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2812179.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:IamsorelievedIjustfinishedthestoryIwasworkingonfo
Ifhehadbeeneducatedinakeyuniversity,thehard-workinggraduate______(就会顺
Newevidenceofasick,deprivedpopulationworkingunderharshconditionsc
Newevidenceofasick,deprivedpopulationworkingunderharshconditionsc
Newevidenceofasick,deprivedpopulationworkingunderharshconditionsc
[originaltext]Mostpeoplewhostartworkingoutinhopesofsheddingpounds
[originaltext]Mostpeoplewhostartworkingoutinhopesofsheddingpounds
TenStrategiesforSuccessAbroadWorkingacrossculture
TenStrategiesforSuccessAbroadWorkingacrossculture
TenStrategiesforSuccessAbroadWorkingacrossculture
随机试题
It’sofficialthatmarriedpeoplearehealthier,oratleasttheythinkthey
OnSaturdayMelvinsuggestedthatJerometakethefollowingweekofffromworka
Theholidaysarethemostwastefultimeoftheyear.Theamountofwastepro
(2014年真题)为了进一步推进预算绩效管理,某中央级事业单位于2014年年初制
钢筋混凝土楼板每平米造价最高的是()。A.100mm厚现浇楼板 B.120
下列费用中,属于建设工程静态投资的是()A:基本预备费 B:涨价预备费 C
护士在书写日间病室交班报告时,应首先书写的内容是A.入院患者 B.转科患者
专营化妆品销售的雅兰公司取得某外商产品的独家经销权后发现。该外商把部分产品批发给
下列咨询成果中,属于政府核准要求申报的是()。A.规划研究报告 B.项目申请报
可用于桥涵台背的填料有()。A.碎石 B.种植土 C.石灰土 D.水
最新回复
(
0
)