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What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject Paperback - 2009

by Jo Boaler

A recent assessment of mathematics performancearound the world ranked the United States twenty-eighth outof forty countries in the study. When the level of spending was takeninto account, we sank to the very bottom of the list. We are fallingrapidly behind the rest of the developed world when it comes tomath education-and the consequences are dire.

In this straightforward and inspiring book, Jo Boaler, a professorof mathematics education at Stanford for nine years, outlinesconcrete solutions that can change things for the better, includingclassroom approaches, essential strategies for students, and advicefor parents. This is a must-read for anyone who is interested in themathematical and scientific future of our country.

Summary

A recent assessment of mathematics performance around the world ranked the United States twenty-eighth out of forty countries in the study. When the level of spending was taken into account, we sank to the very bottom of the list. We are falling rapidly behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to math education-and the consequences are dire.

In this straightforward and inspiring book, Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford for nine years, outlines concrete solutions that can change things for the better, including classroom approaches, essential strategies for students, and advice for parents. This is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the mathematical and scientific future of our country.

From the publisher

Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University. She was formerly the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex in England and a classroom teacher in London and California. She is a regular contributor to national television and radio in the United States and the U.K., and her research has appeared in newspapers around the world, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times(London). She lives in Palo Alto, California.

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  • Title What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject
  • Author Jo Boaler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 273
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group
  • Date 2009-06-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780143115717 / 0143115715
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.32 x 0.61 in (20.27 x 13.51 x 1.55 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mathematics - Study and teaching - United, Mathematics - Study and teaching
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510.71

Media reviews

"For any parent who's ever heard a child declare, 'I hate math.'"
-Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook

" Parents and educators alike will count this book an inspiring resource."
-Publishers Weekly

" Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math."
-Booklist

About the author

Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University. She was formerly the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex in England and a classroom teacher in London and California. She is a regular contributor to national television and radio in the United States and the U.K., and her research has appeared in newspapers around the world, including "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Times"(London). She lives in Palo Alto, California.

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