It's widely recognized that, in the US at least, there's a gender gap in performance on tests of basic skills: boys tend to perform better at math, while girls get superior reading scores. It has been ...

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Judy Gill likens herself to an athletic coach – the Tidewater Community College math professor tells her students to practice and then practice some more. “Math isn’t a spectator sport,” Gill said.