07.09.07
Writing Superheroes: Twelfth Post (Tables of Data)
Dyson’s tables of data are kind of interesting - especially the one showing the percentages of stories involving media characters at each grade level and each gender. What stuck out most for me, however, was how many pieces of finished writing, regardless of topic, each group had produced and how there was a big gender disparity. It’s most pronounced in third grade. The boys produced more pieces per person than the girls. Why is that? What would make that happen? Supposedly girls are generally better with language and schoolwork than boys, but this seems to suggest just the opposite. More data would be needed to say anything with any kind of certainty, but I’m still bothered by it.