The problem is boys read less fiction than girls. They prefer magazines that are analytical and contain facts more than narrative .These preferences affect their motivation toward school – based reading. (Coles and Hall, 2001).As Millard 1997 states boys are disadvantaged in academic literacy as a result of current curricular emphasis, teacher text and topic choices and lack of availability of texts that match their interests and needs.
There is a lot of research on the Gender Gap in Reading and evidence to prove that girls show more interest in reading than boys and as a result, perform better than boys in the areas of the Language Arts.
The problem is boys read less fiction than girls. They prefer magazines that are analytical and contain facts more than narrative .These preferences affect their motivation toward school – based reading.Boys get excited about manipulating real world things, for example the makeup of vehicles and building things. However,it is these interactions that are overlooked, when we define literacy.
Can we say that boys are becoming literate in ways that girls aren't?
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