Article 1
Teen Depression – Boys. (2003). Retrieved on May 30, 2011 from
The first article that I read was on teen depression focusing on the male gender. The article stated that adolescent boys may look like they have it all together, but in reality they are the population at highest risk today for all kinds of serious problems.
To start a discussion, I’m asking the question: Do you agree with this statement? State your reason why or why not.
I believe that any understandings and solutions that we can obtain about adolescent boys can help us help them and decrease at-risk teen boys.
Article 2
Moss, B. (1991). Promoting reading and writing in the middle-grade
Content area. Retrieved on May 29, 2011 from http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9705075567/promoting-reading-writing-middle-grade-content
In this article, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) states that only 11 percent of thirteen-year-old boy and girls are able to comprehend complicated written information (Mullis and Jenkins 1988) and one eighth grader in five is able to write an adequate essay (Applebee, Langer, and Mullis 1986).
Please comment on why middle-school aged boys and girls have such poorly developed reading and writing skills?
Any strategies that we share need to be implemented as soon as possible. These boys and girls are our future leaders.
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