Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

Jeffrey Weld asserts that girls learn differently from boys partly because of biological differences ( "Separate Sex Science Shortchanges Students," Commentary, Feb. 5, 1997 ). As a result, he says, girls need to be taught with greater emphasis on cooperative learning instead of the individual, competitive study which boys prefer.

I am at a loss to understand, however, how he can also insist that schools can emphasize cooperative learning without harming boys, whom Mr. Weld asserts have a deep-seated, and perhaps biologically based,...