What's Math Got to Do with It?: Helping Children Learn to Love Their Most Hated Subject--and Why It's Important for America

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Overview

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. According to Jo Boaler, who was a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University for nine years, statistics like these are becoming all too common—we have reached the point of crisis, and a new course of action is crucial.

In this straightforward and inspiring book, Boaler outlines the nature of the problem by following the progress of students in middle and high schools over a number of years, to find out which teaching methods are exciting students and getting results. Based on her research, she presents concrete solutions that will help reverse the trend, including classroom approaches, essential strategies for students, advice for parents on how to help children enjoy mathematics, and ways to work with teachers in schools.

The United States is continuing to fall rapidly behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to math education, and the future of our economy depends on the quality of teaching that our children receive today. In What’s Math Got to Do with It?, Jo Boaler offers us a new way forward, making this book in dispensable for all parents and educators, as well as anyone interested in the mathematical and scientific future of our society.

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Formerly a professor at Stanford University and currently the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex in England, Boaler probes the question of why so many kids hate math and what can be done about it. Befitting a math maven, Boaler approaches the problem from many angles, noting that even as the U.S. nears the bottom of international rankings in mathematical achievement, our need to fill jobs in science, medicine, technology and other math-related areas is growing. But the widespread aversion to math is no mystery: in her longitudinal studies of how children learn, Boaler has discovered that while school math is often boring and widely hated, teachers can ignite the curiosity that leads to success by using a more communicative, or project-based, approach. Instead of lecture-based, silent classrooms that promote passive learning, Boaler reveals that when students talk, collaborate, question and become actively engaged, math scores go up and attitudes improve. Boaler's enthusiasm for her subject is infectious, and even the most avid math haters will be intrigued by her fresh and passionate outlook. In addition to ideas for the classroom, the author also includes ways to make math fun and fascinating for kids at home. Parents and educators alike will count this book an inspiring resource. (July)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780670019526
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/17/2008
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 834,984
  • Product dimensions: 5.86 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.99 (d)

Meet 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction Understanding the Urgency 1

1 What Is Math? And Why Do We All Need It? 15

2 What's Going Wrong in Classrooms? Identifying the Problems 31

3 A Vision for a Better Future: Effective Classroom Approaches 57

4 Taming the Monster: New Forms of Testing That Encourage Learning 84

5 Stuck in the Slow Lane: How American Grouping Systems Perpetuate Low Achievement 106

6 Paying the Price for Sugar and Spice: How Girls and Women Are Kept Out of Math and Science 123

7 Key Strategies and Ways of Working 145

8 Giving Children the Best Mathematical Start: Activities and Advice 174

9 Making a Difference through Work with Schools 200

App. A Solutions to the Mathematics Problems 221

App. B Mathematics Curricula 241

App. C Recommended Math Puzzle Books 247

Notes 249

Index 263

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  • Anonymous

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    I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been searching for the ways and means to help our children truly learn mathematics. I am a middle school math educator in the process of expanding my problem-centered mathematics classroom and I found Dr. Jo Boaler¿s book extremely valuable. It includes thorough explanations, based on years of research, of the value of problem-centered instruction and instructional concepts to help ALL children learn mathematics. Portions of the book are written for educators and other portions for parents but I found the entire book useful for me as an educator. I will be implementing many of her ideas in my own classroom. If you are interested in how our children truly learn mathematics and how you can help them understand math more deeply I encourage to add this book to your collection.

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  • Posted November 22, 2009

    Math Matters

    Every Teacher and educator in Public and private school starting in elementary school must read this book. This book explains why we are so behind in America when it comes to Math. We need help as a nation when it comes to teaching Math to our children and we need it now. Excellent book.
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