Deck 9: Gender Communication in the Education

Question 1

In school, teachers tend to treat girls as

A) More capable than boys
B) Less capable than boys
C) About the same as boys

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the American public education system, teachers tend to

A) Interrupt the comments offered by girls
B) Focus on the comments offered by boys
C) Praise boys for their work
D) Reward girls for being quiet
E) All of the above.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Today, women in greater numbers are enrolling in

A) Algebra
B) Geometry
C) Trigonometry
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The term Gender-Geography refers to

A) The location of schools in a community
B) The space allocated for boys and girls in a classroom
C) The space allocated for boys and girls in a school
D) None of these

Question 5

Swedish nursery school have

A) No areas reserved for dolls
B) No areas reserved for building blocks
C) No areas reserved for teachers
D) Both A and B

Question 6

Title IX has

A) Increased the number of women student athletes
B) Decreased the number of women student athletes
C) Has had little impact in athletics.

Question 7

Appropriate sexual conduct includes

A) Random touching of a woman's breast
B) Random touching of a man's genitalia
C) Unwanted kissing
D) None of the above

Question 8

From grade school to high school, the typical report card grade received by a boy is

A) About the same as the grades received by girls
B) Higher than the grades received by girls
C) Lower than the grades received by girls.
D) None of these

Question 9

More ________ are singled out for violating dress codes in schools.

A) Girls
B) Boys

Question 10

In most develop countries boys __________ girls at school.

A) Out perform
B) Under perform
C) Perform about the same as
D) None of these

Question 11

Girls achieved parity with males in math classes in part because of _______ subjects

A) STAMP
B) STAR
C) STEM
D) None of these

Question 12

In school rooms across the country,

A) Boys are taught to be assertive
B) Girls are taught to be quiet
C) Both A and B
D) None of these

Question 13

While males and females may attempt to commit suicide, more boys actually kill themselves.

Question 14

College students expect their female instructors to be

A) Dominant
B) Supportive
C) Both A and B
D) None of these

Question 15

In class, men tend to

A) Talk rather than listen
B) Present ideas
C) Not wait for their turn
D) All of the above

Question 16

During their years in elementary and high schools, girls receive more attention than boys.

Question 17

Teachers call on girls more than they call on boys.

Question 18

In 2015 women earned. ___ of all bachelor degrees.

A) 57%
B) 27%
C) 37%
D) 17%

Question 19

Many colleges presume that admitted students are heterosexual