The Cost of the Clock: How Time Limits Can Unfairly Shape Girls’ Math Performance
A university math lab. Two students—both bright, both well-prepared—sit side by side, pencils tapping. The timer starts. Twenty minutes later, the buzzer rings. He finishes the last problem just in time. She’s halfway through her final question, eyebrows knit, eraser smudging the page. When results come back, he scores higher—not because he understood more, but […]
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