What's Math Got to Do with It? How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success

“Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math.” -BooklistA critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children’s mathematics learning What’s Math Got to Do with It? is “an inspiring resource” (Publishers Weekly). Featuring all the important advice and suggestions in the original edition ofWhat’s Math Got to Do with It? this revised edition is now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists’ understanding of learning and potential.As always Jo Boaler presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used in classrooms and homes. The newWhat’s Math Got to Do with It? prepares teachers and parents for the Common Core shares Boaler’s work on ways to teach mathematics for a “growth mindset” and includes a range of advice to inspire teachers and parents to give their students the best mathematical experience possible. Review For any parent who's ever heard a child declare 'I hate math.' -Jim Trelease author ofThe 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 DR. JO BOALER is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University. The author of seven books and numerous research articles she serves as an advisor to several Silicon Valley companies and is a White House presenter on girls and STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math). She recently formed youcubed.org to give teachers and parents the resources and ideas they need to inspire and excite students about mathematics. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. “Without doubt this is the most important book parents should read before choosing a school for their child and teachers should read when considering ways to improve their math teaching. A compelling readable account of years of research into what works and what doesn’t in mathematics education.”-Keith Devlin PhD Stanford University mathematician award-winning author of The Math Gene and thirty-one other books and the Math Guy on NPR“Jo Boaler vividly shows us-rather than just telling us-what terrific math instruction looks like and equally important how sharply it differs from how the subject is usually taught. What’s Math Got to Do with It? is the first book I recommend to teachers and parents who want to understand the harms of conventional ways of teaching math as well as the benefits of realistic alternatives.”-Alfie Kohn author of The Schools Our Children > Deserve and Feel-Bad Education“There is so much wisdom packed into this engaging little book. Boaler sensibly addresses current hot topics-the Common Core mind-set ability grouping gender differences-but goes way behind them to consider the nature of mathematics itself and offers a wealth of practical advice to parents teachers and policy makers. More than ever we need books on education like his one.”-Mike Rose author of Possible Lives The Promise of Education in America“What’s Math Got to Do with It? comes the closest of anything that I have read to a manifesto that I would provide to parents to help them better understand the importance of good teaching of interesting and complex mathematics.”-Journal for Research in Mathematics Education“Jo Boaler shows that math is understandable and that it can be fun to get your head around it-but that it’s often taught in ways that make it dry and deadly. She points to the beauty and joy of mathematics and ways that math classrooms can become centers of lively mathematical thinking. American children deserve a richer mathematical diet than we’ve given them and Boaler shows how and why.”-Alan H. Schoenfeld Elizabeth and Edward Conner Professor of Education University of California Berkeley“This extraordinary boo