Who Gets Called on More?Boys or Girls?

Dear Teacher, For our science experiment our question was do teachers call on boys or girls more. Our question to you is who do you think you call on more, boys or girls? Did you have any training at college that said you have to call on children in that way?

From, Two Students who are doing a science project.

This year, I think I call on boys more. There is a reason for this. I have 13 boys and 7 girls in my class, so if I am fair, I call on boys more often. I did have training on this in my teacher credentialing classes. We were alerted to the fact that you will tend to call on the same children unless you plan otherwise. I have a collection of names, either on the attendance cards or my jar with sticks, one with each child's name written on a stick. When I am asking a question to the whole group, I randomly pick a student to answer. I also have a child of the week each week and that child is asked to do all errands, office trips, attendance, line leader, etc. Everyone gets a turn. During lessons, when I am checking to see who is learning and who knows the answer to something I am in the process of teaching, I call from raised hands, and I try to call on different kids.

I think your science question is a good one. It would be really interesting to sit in different classrooms for an hour and tally who is called on more in each class. Try going to classrooms with female and male teachers in case that also impacts your findings. Remember to take into account the number of boys and girls in the class.