formal 13

10- In all the hours you have spent in classrooms, you have observed the ways in which students—including you—conduct themselves during class discussions. Reflect on whether you have noticed differences between the ways make and female students participate in discussions. If you have noticed differences, what are the primary ones? Why do you think these differences exist? If, in your experience, classroom behavior does not fall along gender lines, what do you think does cause the differences? Id you own class participation influenced by gender?

The Difference

If one is in my rhetorical class, then he or she will notice the difference between the male and female student in the class. The difference is not just they are different sexes, it is also is that they have different behavior and way of thought. The class setting or amount of female and male can also made a difference. Sexes might not be the might not be the main cause for the amount of participation in class made by female and male, but it definitely one of the major causes.

My rhetorical class is made of 11 girls and 4 boys. The amounts of participation in class affect by these numbers. Most of the time, it is the girls who are doing the talking. The way of thought also made an impact. I notice most the time when there is a conversation going on in class, the subject of the conversation usually will changed into sharing our past memories or some random information that has nothing to do with the class. So the female will usually be the one talking within this conversation, since to me, the female will most likely to share their past with people than the male. Because of the ratio of the girls to boys is nearly 3:1, the result is that the boys will probably do not feel very comfortable to share.

The difference in the participation is not just cause by the sex, but also by the environment, the difference in mindset, and the people in the surrounding. The different type of environments can cause different result. The mindset of the class can encourage one of the sexes to participate more. The ratio of the people can make a difference, since people usually like to be around with other that is similar to them. Thus, these elements cause the amount of participation to occur in class.