Mrs O'Neill Wants to Make a Conscious Effort to Treat

Mrs. O'Neill wants to make a conscious effort to treat the students in her science classes equitably. She should thus be aware that

A) teachers often criticize male students more often than female students.
B) teachers usually pay more attention to girls than boys.
C) girls actively elicit their teachers' attention more often than boys do.
D) girls prefer physics and boys prefer biology, and the two sexes will be more animated in topics that interest them.