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

Boaler, Jo

 
9780670019526: What's Math Got to Do with It?: Helping Children Learn to Love Their Most Hated Subject-and Why It's Important for America

Synopsis

A critical assessment of mathematics education in the United States identifies the nation's stand at the bottom of the world's rankings, in a call-to-arms that makes practical recommendations for implementing more strategic and engaging teaching methods. 30,000 first printing.

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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, includingThe Wall Street Journal and The Times(London). She lives in Palo Alto, California.

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