INTRODUCTION:

There is a long agreed fact that girls have superior abilities to boys, in almost all parts of life like education, extra curricular activities n much more. When it comes to academics, they don’t tend to approach things the same way.But then, this research study explains the outperformance of either boys or girls in their exams. Not all girls and boys excel in their studies and they do not fit in the same category this is because each one have different pattern of studying.Girls tend to mature a little faster than boys, developing language skills sooner and giving them the edge over boys in reading, writing, and speech. However, there are few exceptions and cases where even boys outperform girls .Based on research from 1914 through 2011 that spanned more than 30 countries, It is noticed in a study that there are differences in grades between girls and boys were largest for language courses and smallest for math and science^[1].

One common difference between boys and girls is how they behave after school. Most children tend to wind down after a hectic day at school. But then some have very different ways of chilling out and plan their study pattern accordingly to excel in their academics.The transition from middle school to high school is an important developmental period to investigate because of the negative impact it has on youths’ academics.^[2].But most of them adapt to these transition but few go down and adapt very soon. It is also noticed that media usage, sleep time and socio-demographic features are related to adolescents' academic performance to a little extent.^[3]

However, there is a study which assessed the prevalence of sedentary and physical exercise behaviour varies across countries and by gender, with boys exhibiting more typical recreational sedentary behaviours but also being more physically active than girls.^[4]This research also aims at establishing the relations between the outperformance of boys and girls and their physical activity. Educational psychologists have consistently found that girls tend to have higher standards in the classroom, and evaluate their own performance more critically. Girls also outperform boys in school (as measured by students' grades), in all subjects and in all age groups.^[5]

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

This research study is a survey based questionnaire study. A self assessed questionnaire consisting of various questions enquiring about their study pattern, duration and habits. This questionnaire was administered to 100 school students of the age group fourteen to seventeen years.the 100 questionnaire was further divided into 2 sets and each set was given to boys and girls. A comprehensive questionnaire was developed for the students to answer and the age and gender of the student was retrieved via the questionnaire.

This questionnaire analysed various parameters like group learning, creative learning, etc. Each questionnaire was given four relevant options such as YES, NO, OFTEN, AT TIMES and the students were asked to tick the appropriate answers. The questionnaire was graded based on the ticked answer. For example, yes was graded for 4 points and so on. The overall score of the questionnaire was calculated for all the survey papers. The average mean score for the set for girls and boys were calculated and analysed for results.

RESULTS:

The scores of the survey questionnaire ranged from 40 to 93 . The mean and standard deviation was found to be 41.94 ± 3.38 for boys and for girls it is 44.42 ±3.41. Thus, it indicates that the girls outperform boys. Girls are much dedicated to studies rather than boys. The same type of results were obtained by a study done by Daniel Voyer, which indicated that girls studying at Washington school obtained higher grades than boys.^[6].Though, boys obtain a lower grade they are mostly involved in application learning like mathematics and sciences. They feel that it is a easy subject for them. The same results were obtained in another study^.[7]

It showed that boys scored higher than girls in mathematics, but lower than girls in reading. The sex difference in reading was three times as large as in mathematics. In summary, there are two distinct sex differences in scholastic performance that affect very different segments of the population. On one hand, boys score lower in reading, in particular at the low end of the reading performance continuum. On the other hand, girls score lower in mathematics at the high end of the mathematics performance continuum. It is important to realize that the latter phenomenon continues to exist, despite the educational gains of women in economically developed countries. The results are pictographically represented as below:

Table no.1

	Sample size	Average /Mean	Standard Deviation
Boys	50	41.94	3.38
Girls	50	44.42	3.41

Figure no.1

DISCUSSIONS:

In a research done by Gregory L. Jantz, PhD^[7] studied four primary areas of difference in male and female brains: processing, chemistry, structure, and activity. In the three aspects like processing, structure, activity girls were found to be dominant than boys. They proved themselves to be more highly educated. According to this study, it was notified that girls have a regular habit of studying every day’s portion taught to them. they also have the habit to write down everything they learn. This makes them to remember the concepts for longtime. It is more obvious from the responses of the questionnaire that boys require a supervision either from their parents or tuition teachers which force them to attain concentration on the subject they learn. On the contrary girls donot require any such kind of assisstances. It is moreover seen that boys donot study for more than 2 or 3 hours. They also notify that they study only when they have interest to do so. They quite often feel bored during learning . may be because of these reasons, they secure less marks compared to girls. Thus, boys can be given extra attention so that they excel girls in all aspects of education.

CONCLUSION:

However, there is very little gap between what girls and boys can learn, and herein lies the rub. In fact, the differences are most pronounced in young children, and as children grow older, their home environment, their interests and their peers have the greatest influence over their behavior. By the time children are in the 12th grade, the differences between boys and girls are very subtle. Understanding these subtle differences can help educators guide their students in a positive way, meeting them and their needs where they are. Thus to summarise, the following points can be considered for the betterment of boy’s education:

· Be careful to not label children, especially with labels like failure student, average scorer, etc. this might make them feel low.

· Encourage them to make their study activities interesting with techniques like mind-mapping, sketching, note taking etc.

· Encourage boys to take study breaks and allow them to be active during those study breaks.

· Engage them to involve in as much of sports they can to help him build confidence.

REFERENCES:

1. APA journal Psychological Bulletin, 1944

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3. Peiró-Velert C, Valencia-Peris A, González LM, García-Massó X, Serra-Añó P, Devís-Devís J. Screen Media Usage, Sleep Time and Academic Performance in Adolescents: Clustering a Self-Organizing Maps Analysis. Dasgupta K, ed. PLoS ONE. 2014;9(6):e99478. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099478.

4. Patterns in sedentary and exercise behaviors and associations with overweight in 9–14-year-old boys and girls - a cross-sectional study.Saskia J te Velde Email author, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Inga Thorsdottir, Mette Rasmussen, Maria Hagströmer, Knut-Inge Klepp and Johannes Brug ;BMC Public Health20077.

5. Alan Feingold, "Gender differences in personality: a meta-analysis," Psychological Bulletin, volume 116, pages 429-456, 1994.

6. Gender Differences in Scholastic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis,” Daniel Voyer, PhD, and Susan D. Voyer, MASc, University of New Brunswick, Psychological Bulletin, online April 28, 2014.

7. Brain Differences Between Genders;Gregory L. Jantz, PhD ; This article features excerpts from Dr. Jantz's book Raising Boys by Design

Received on 25.07.2016 Modified on 09.08.2016

Research J. Pharm. and Tech 2017; 10(12): 4203-4205.

DOI: 10.5958/0974-360X.2017.00767.3