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What's math got to do with it? : how teachers and parents can transform mathematics learning and inspire success
Title:
What's math got to do with it? : how teachers and parents can transform mathematics learning and inspire success
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Summary:
A critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children's mathematics learning. Featuring all the important advice and suggestions in the original edition of, this revised edition is now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists' understanding of learning and potential. --Publisher's description.
Other Title:
What has math got to do with it?
Year Published:
2015
Physical Description:
xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition:
Revised edition.
Contents:
What is math? And why do we all need it? -- What's going wrong in classrooms? Identifying the problems -- A vision for a better future : effective classroom approaches -- Taming the monster : new forms of testing that encourage learning -- Stuck in the slow lane : how American grouping systems perpetuate low achievement -- Paying the price for sugar and spice : how girls and women are kept out of math and science -- Key strategies and ways of working -- 8. Giving children the best mathematical start : activities and advice -- 9. Moving to a more positive future.
ISBN:
9780143128298
Publisher:
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2015.