TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boaler,Jo
TI  - What's math got to do with it?: helping children learn to love their most hated subject--and why it's important for America 
SN  - 9780670019526
AV  - QA11.2 .B635 2008
U1  - 510.71 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index; 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
ER  -