Aztec Schools: The Tēlpochcalli and the Calmecac

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So now you've checked out the education options of the Aztec empire. If you were living there then, what school would you go to, and what would you study?

For Thursday's class, read "Picture yourself as a stereotypical male," clicking on and exploring the links within the article, and answer the following questions:

1. What are some hypotheses as to why men outperform women in a cluster of tests related to spatial ability?
2. What did the gender-priming experiment show?
3. What is "stereotype threat"?
4. Describe four of the experiments cited in the article that demonstrated the affects of stereotype threat.
5. What does the brain do in the ventral anterior cingulate cortex?
6. What social-psychological interventions can ameliorate the achievement gap? (N.B. look up words you aren't familiar with.)

Please bring your written answers to class and be prepared for a thrilling discussion.