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Listening to the same teacher, reading from the same textbook, sitting in the same classroom, boys and girls tend to receive different educations. Every student has a different learning style. “Women usually learn in a variety of ways, but men tend to be active learners, extremely visual and less adept at learning through auditory channels,” mentioned Dr. Danielle Shepherd. The effects of sex hormones on the organization of the brain occur so early in life that from the start the environment is acting on brains that are differently wired in girls than boys. In a study by Doreen Kimura, women are better at identifying and matching items than men, called perpetual speed.
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