| Joshua Liu
Read to Achieve: Yes, boys can too!
| Division: | Life Sciences | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Toronto | | City: | Scarborough, ON | | School: | Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School | | Abstract: | Worldwide studies show that the performance of young males in reading and writing is increasingly poorer than females. I found that placing males in contact with females activates stereotype threat, which causes deficits in male literacy task performance. The results suggest that male-only classrooms are ideal for developing good literacy skills. |
| Awards | Value | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Life Sciences
Senior
Sponsor: Pfizer Canada | $300.00 | | Total | $1 300.00 | |
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