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What's math got to do with it? : helping children learn to love their most hated subject--and why it's important for America /

Jo Boaler.

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Main Author: Boaler, Jo
Published: New York : Viking, 2008.
Topics: Mathematics - Study and teaching.
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245 10|aWhat's math got to do with it? :|bhelping children learn to love their most hated subject--and why it's important for America /|cJo Boaler.
260 |aNew York :|bViking,|c2008.
300 |axii, 273 p. :|bill. ;|c22 cm.
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index.
505 0 |aIntroduction. Understanding the urgency -- 1. What is math? And why do we all need it? -- 2. What's going wrong in classrooms? Identifying the problems -- 3. A vision for a better future: effective classroom approaches -- 4. Taming the monster: new forms of testing that encourage learning -- 5. Stuck in the slow lane: how American grouping systems perpetuate low achievement -- 6. Paying the price for sugar and spice: how girls and women are kept out of math and science -- 7. Key strategies and ways of working -- 8. Giving children the best mathematical start: activities and advice -- 9. Making a difference through work with schools.
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