Boaler, Jo,  1964- <br/><br/>
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. 
 - New York :  Viking,  2008. 
 - xii, 273 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670019526 0670019526 9780143115717 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007042795 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Study and teaching.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA11.2  / .B635 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510.71