Pribram is convinced that, based on general brain differences, males and females learn best from different learning styles, particularly at an early age. Just as a person's face or body can grow at different rates, the brain tends to grow at an irregular rate. Pribram explains that male and female brains grow according to different patterns, with the brain's frontal developing more slowly in males than females. The frontal lobe is the part of the brain responsible for establishing priorities and deciding what's appropriate or practical, says Pribram. Male brains develop from the back and work forward.
Females start in front and work back.
One academic study concluded that teachers tend to favor boys because they call on boys more often to answer questions. In actuality, they probably called on boys more often because they have to work harder to get boys to pay attention, says Pribram. One reason for that is that the current system is not designed for boys. Boys like to move, take things apart and put them back together again, says Pribram. I remember when my son was very young, he took apart the workings of our refrigerator and put them back together again, except for one part.