An interesting article from The Independent reporting on a possible correlation between school performance and a pupils approach to gender.
Boys who defy traditional masculine stereotypes appear to achieve higher grades in their GCSE exams than boys who embrace them, research suggests.
There is a more nuanced picture among girls but those identified by researchers as tomboys tended to do better at Maths, according to a Cambridge University study.
Researchers said that while girls outperformed boys overall, there was also a link between achievement and a pupil’s approach to gender.
Almost 600 pupils aged 14 to 16 were asked to complete questionnaires designed to reveal their conformity to traditional gender roles and their motivation in English and Maths.
Participants subsequently sat their GCSEs at the end of Year 11, and researchers obtained their grades in English and Maths.
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