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Sunday 29 September 2013

Boys tend to prefer non-fiction, magazines, scary stories and comic books.


At least two studies have found that boys tend to prefer non-fiction, magazines, scary stories and comic books.

MIND THE GAP

In general, boys…

* take longer to learn to read than girls do
* read less often than girls
* rate their reading ability lower than girls
* express less enthusiasm for reading
* have less interest in leisure reading and more interest in “utilitarian” reading
* tend to be better at information retrieval and work-related reading tasks than girls

Source: Me Read? No Way! A Practical Guide to Improving Boys’ Literacy Skills, by the Ontario Ministry of Education

http://www.todaysparent.com/family/education/boys-and-reading/