Complex sentence: As opposed to new literacies, boys are less successful than girls in their ways of negotiating and participating in conventional literacy classrooms and conventional literacy, showing a general lack of interest in print based reading and writing activities.
Split into simpler sentences: As opposed to new literacies, boys are less successful than girls in their ways of negotiating and participating in conventional literacy classrooms and conventional literacy. Boys show a general lack of interest in print based reading and writing activities.