Why boys' literacy skills lag behind girls' and how to bridge the reading gap

[4th law of robotics]

11. That study found that not doing your homework led to

poorer performance.

If anyone is not doing their work then yes they will fall behind. Video games aren't magical in this regard. It could be sports or playing with your friends.

Playing with dolls is a social activity, when girls play with dolls they create dialoge and story lines, including extensive back stories. Its a way to model and mimic adult behavior through play.

Video games by contrast are a passive activity that has virtually no social component and doesn't require the gamer to use his/her brain in any meaningful way.

This is an opinion and your study doesn't back it.

On the plus side, the video games had no effect on the boys’ mathematical skills, their attention spans, their ability to concentrate, or their ability to adapt to new problems. Nor did the gamers’ parents report any problems with their behaviour.

Do you have any theory as to why girls tend to do worse on math than boys?

/perhaps if boys are failing to find an interest in reading it's because the books assigned don't really match what they are interested in. The closest thing would be Tom Sawyer and that was written about a world that no longer resonates with many people. I remember our assigned reading lists and let me tell you Pride and Prejudice just doesn't grab the interest of a lot of boys. Victorian women scheming to find a husband to take care of them is not something that will pique their interests.