Many scholars argue that females learn better in collaborative settings (see <a href="http://www.icme-organisers.dk/tsg26/3MaryBarnes.rtf">http://www.icme-organisers.dk/tsg26/3MaryBarnes.rtf</a> for a discussion of this belief); others argue that some ethnicities, such as African-Americans and Native Americans also learn better in a collaborative setting (see