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Boys are more likely than girls to be placed in remedial classes or held back a grade TRUE

Boys are more apt to read for information or to learn how to do something than to read for pleasure. TRUE. Boys are more likely than girls to be placed in remedial classes or held back a grade TRUE.

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Boys are more likely than girls to be placed in remedial classes or held back a grade TRUE

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  1. Boys are more apt to read for information or to learn how to do something than to read for pleasure. • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  2. Boys are more likely than girls to be placed in remedial classes or held back a grade • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  3. Boys aren’t practiced and often don’t feel comfortable exploring the emotions and feelings found in fiction. • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  4. Boys don’t have enough male role models for literacy. • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  5. Boys have more positive attitudes toward both reading and writing than girls. • FALSE? ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  6. Boys have traditionally done better than girls in reading, • FALSE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  7. Boys prefer to read fiction over nonfiction • FALSE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  8. Boys rank lower in their class and earn fewer honors than girls • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  9. Boys score lower in all grades on standardized reading and writing tests than girls • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  10. Boys tend to be externally driven, rather than intrinsically motivated, to read. • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  11. Girls have higher self-concepts as readers than boys do • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  12. Girls spend more time watching television than boys. • FALSE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  13. Holes by Sachar is a favorite book of most boys • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  14. Many books boys are asked to read don’t appeal to them. They aren’t motivated to want to read.. • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  15. THAT'S THE FACTS, JACK • The differences in reading achievement in the early grades are a result of females' greater educational readiness • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  16. More boys prefer playing computer and video games than girls • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  17. Boys prefer active pursuits, as a group experience, rather than passive, solitary activities like those involved in literacy • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  18. The action-oriented, competitive learning style of many boys works against them learning to read and write • TRUE ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

  19. THAT'S THE FACTS, JACK • This workshop met all of the stated objectives? • TRUE OR FALSE? ALSC 2002 National Institute / Guys Read / Power Point by Patrick Jones, Hennepin County Library

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