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That Harry Potter seems quite popular with boys as well as girls.  Is this
boys literacy problem a recent thing, since there was a concentration on
girls' performance, or has it always been there?

ned.

"pwcca" <pwcca@ezee.com.au> wrote in message
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> Further to my earlier posting, and subsequent to my more in depth
> academic readings, I continue to be interested in establishing a
> discussion about boy's literacy. Considering some of the reading I have
> done on multiple intelligences, learning modes/styles and hemispheric
> dominance, the question remains to be asked by researchers whether boys
> are biologically disinclined (generally) to pursue a formal reading
> habit. Yes, they can read, and a lot can read well - but the case
> remains that the majority of boys are not novel/book readers. To their
> detriment (and it is an unfair supposition), this disinclination to read
> books and novels is perceived as a dislike or disinterest in reading. I
> propose boys feel reading must have a purpose, or it must engage them.
> Hence, the reading of comic books is prolific, and a boy may not have a
> difficulty reading science or maths text books, but does not see the
> point of reading a Literature text that may bore him. Any discussion is
> welcome.
>
> Ange.
>
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