Teaching the Female Brain: How Girls Learn Math and Science

Incorporate brain-based research to empower girls in the classroom!

This engaging, practical guide examines how girls’ unique sensory, physical, cognitive, and emotional characteristics affect their performance in the classroom, and shows you how to adapt classroom experiences to assist girls’ learning, particularly in math and science. Readers will find:

• Research-based techniques and applications for differentiating math and science instruction 
• Ways of dealing with girls’ stress
• Up-to-date findings on left- vs. right-brain learning, learning styles, and math anxiety
• Resources, figures, and charts, as well as quizzes in each chapter that introduce the topic and challenge preconceived notions of learning differences