Contents -- Introduction -- Brain-Based Research -- Creating the "Ultimate Classroom" -- The Gurian Institute at the University of Missouri-Kansas City -- Boys and Girls Learn Differently -- Patricia Henley and Terry Trueman -- I How the Brain Learns: Inherent Differences Between Boys and Girls -- The Wide Spectrum of Gender in the Brain -- How the Brain Works -- How Boys' and Girls' Minds Are Different -- Developmental and Structural Differences -- Chemical Differences -- Hormonal Differences -- Functional Differences -- Differences in Processing Emotion -- Why the Brains are Different -- A Brief History of Brain Difference -- The Role of Hormones in the Womb and at Puberty -- 2 How Brain-Based Differences Affect Boys and Girls -- Areas of Learning-Style Difference -- Deductive and Inductive Reasoning -- Abstract and Concrete Reasoning -- Use of Language -- Logic and Evidence -- The Likelihood of Boredom -- Use of Space -- Movement -- Sensitivity and Group Dynamics -- Use of Symbolism -- Use of Learning Teams -- Learning Differences and the Intelligences -- Time and Sequence -- Space and Place -- Applying the Intelligences to Brain-Based Gender Difference -- The State of Boys and Girls in Our Schools -- Advantages for Boys, Disadvantages for Girls -- Advantages for Girls, Disadvantages for Boys -- Applying Brain-Based Research to Gender Advantage -- Studies Based on Political Assumptions -- Creating the Ultimate Classroom -- 3 The Ultimate Preschool and Kindergarden Classroom -- The Foundation of Early Learning: Bonding and Attachment -- Handling Children's Emotional Stress -- Bonding and Attachment Solutions -- Day Care, Preschool, and Kindergarten Community Building -- The Case for Preschool -- Parents as Teachers -- The Parent Education Coordinator -- Nutrition and Learning -- Carbohydrates, Proteins, and the School Day -- Fatty Acids.

Dealing with Aggressive Behavior -- Aggression Nurturance -- Increasing Empathy Nurturance and Verbalization -- Discipline Techniques -- The Outdoor Classroom -- Directing Boys and Girls to Academic Excellence -- Teaching Math and Spatials -- Language Development -- Special Education -- Creating a Tribe: Bonding and School-Home Alliances -- Use of Psychotropic Medications -- The Ultimate Preschool and Kindergarten Classroom for Both Boys and Girls -- For the Boys -- For the Girls -- Tips for Parents -- 4 The Ultimate Elementary School Classroom -- Structural Innovations -- Use of School Time -- Class Size, Number of Teachers, and Teacher-to-Student Ratio -- Using Group Dynamics and Group Work as a Basis of Pedagogy -- Use of Computers and Other Media in Elementary School -- The Outdoor Classroom -- Bonding and Attachment in Elementary Learning -- Handling Students 'Emotional Stress -- The Role of the Mentor -- Community Collaboration: Mentors from Outside the School -- How to Provide Discipline in the Elementary Classroom -- Learning from Past Mistakes -- Discipline Techniques After an Offending Act -- Discipline Techniques to Prevent Undisciplined Behavior -- Motivation Techniques -- Character Education -- CHARACTER plus -- Integrating Character Education into the Whole School -- Dealing with Cruelty, Hazing, and Violence -- Definition of Terms -- Zero-Tolerance Policies -- Innovations for Academic Excellence -- Innovations for Teaching Language Arts, Especially Reading and Writing -- Innovations for Teaching Math and Science -- Standardized Testing -- Special Education, Learning Disabilities, and Behavioral Disabilities -- Class Within a Class -- Fast ForWord -- Other Spatial Stimulants and Use of Movement -- The Multisensory Approach to Reading Problems -- Cooperative and Competitive Learning -- Sports and Athletics.

The Ultimate Elementary Classroom for Both Boys and Girls -- For the Boys -- For the Girls -- Tips for Parents -- 5 The Ultimate Middle School Classroom -- Structural Innovations -- Separate-Sex Education -- Rites of Passage -- Use of Uniforms -- Classroom Size and Other Innovations -- Bonding and Attachment -- The Early Adolescent 's Drop in Self-Esteem -- Handling Students 'Emotional Stresses -- Community Collaboration -- How to Provide Discipline in the Middle School Classroom -- Strategies for Providing Discipline -- Mandatory Sports -- Character Education -- Innovations for Teaching Language Arts and Math and Science -- Innovations for Teaching Language Arts -- Innovations for Teaching Math and Science -- Girls and Computer Science -- Special Education -- Rethinking Special Education Through the Lens of Gender and the Brain -- Innovations for Dealing with Behavioral Elements of Special Ed -- The Underachiever as a Special Ed Category -- "Mr.Daba ":The Power of Bonding -- The Ultimate Middle School Classroom for Both Boys and Girls -- For the Boys -- For the Girls -- Tips for Parents -- 6 The Ultimate High School Classroom -- Bonding and Attachment -- Communication and Conflict Resolution -- The Art of Mentoring -- Peer Leadership, Not Peer Pressure -- Discipline Systems -- Character Education and Service Projects -- Structural Innovations -- Class and School Size -- Uniforms -- Time and Time-of-Day Innovations -- The Innovations Students Are Asking for -- Counterinnovations -- Rites of Passage -- Full Psychosocial Education, Not Just Sex Education -- Improving Sex Education -- Gender Education -- Innovations to Improve Academic Learning -- Teaching Mathematics, Science, and Technology -- Technology and Gender -- Teaching Reading and Literacy -- Standardized Testing -- Special Education.

The Ultimate High School Classroom for Both Boys and Girls -- For the Boys -- For the Girls -- Tips for Parents -- What High School Students Are Saying: Their Fears -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- The Authors.