Small classes and caring teachers may make a bigger difference, but it is also true that at least some girls speak up more and perform better without the distractions and disruptions boys can bring, especially in challenging subjects like math. Women's Education Fosters Inclusiveness, Interaction, Caring, Values, and Learning for Life. The goal is to create an economically efficient delivery system for education. In classes, boys are twice as likely to be seen as role models, five times as likely to receive teachers' attention and twelve times as likely to speak up in class. In textbooks, one-seventh of all illustrations of children are of girls.
Teachers choose many more classroom activities that appeal to boys than to girls.
Boys tend to be portrayed as clever, brave, creative and resourceful, while girls are depicted as kind, dependent and docile. Girls read six times as many biographies of males as of females. Boys are more likely to be praised for academics and intellectual work, while girls are more likely to be praised for their clothing, behaving properly and obeying rules. Boys are likely to be criticized for their behavior, while girls are criticized for intellectual inadequacy . Perry found that in a single gender science and math classes, girls grade point averages were higher than in co-educational classes.