11. Why Girls Tend to Get Better Grades Than Boys Do

Across the globe and in all grade levels, girls are earning higher grades than boys are. This was found by a recent study done by professors Daniel and Susan Voyer. They evaluated over a million boys and girls from 30 different countries and found that girls earn higher grades in all subjects. The reason that girls tend to do better is because they have overall better self-regulation. This means they are able to pay attention, listen to directions, stay organized, and wait their turn during class. Girls are more conscientious and therefore plan ahead and stay organized for school. Nowadays grades are less about the big test at the end of the semester and more about completing and handing in the daily work. Boys have a different approach to schoolwork that doesn't match well with the way the educational system is nowadays

The author uses many different sources to provided the informational evidence for the article. He names various studies done by different professors that prove why girls do better in school. He writes in a very casual way, as if fascinated by the subject. At one point he even says that a certain part of the article greatly interested him. He writes in third person until the last couple of paragraphs of the article where he makes a smooth transition into the first person point of view. He not only talks about why girls to well in school bu also why boys seem to be doing badly. This provided information from both sides and the reader is able to better understand the overall topic.

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