Jo Boaler, Ph.D., is currently professor of mathematics education at Stanford University and formerly The Marie Curie professor of mathematics education at The University of Sussex, England. She began her career as a middle school math teacher, and has spent her research career conducting long-term studies of students experiences in math classrooms– the only longitudinal, ethnographic studies of childrens mathematics learning in existence. Her studies have been reported widely in the U.S and U.K., including in The Wall Street Journal (front page), Newsweek, the San Jose Mercury, The Stanford Report, Education Week and The Times. She has written several books, including most recently What’s Math Got To Do with It? (second edition pubbing in March of 2015), as well as many book chapters and journal articles. She speaks in both the U.S. and England at math education conferences and has received the highest recognition in mathematics education, being a plenary speaker at the International Congress in Mathematics Education (ICME). She has an online course at Stanford on “How to Learn Math,” which was developed from an earlier MOOC that had over 40,000 subscirbers. She blogs at her website www.joboaler.com and also hosts another website on math education: www.youcubed.org
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Mathematical mindsets: unleashing students’ potential through creative math, inspiring messages and innovative teaching Ebook
Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, has followed thousands of students through middle and high schools studying their learning of mathematics and the most effective ways to help them become high achievers. In this book she will show teachers and parents how to unleash the math potential in all students. Contents include: The Brain and Mathematics Learning The Power of Mistakes and Struggle What Is Math Really? Creating Mathematical Mindsets Rich Mathematical Tasks–Curiosity, Creativity and Connections Strategies for Promoting Equity Assessing for a Growth Mindset in Math The book focuses on paying careful attention to the math questions and tasks students work on, the ways teachers and parents encourage or grade children in math, and how children are taught to approach mistakes in math and the strategies they are given to approach math. All of these can make a huge difference to student attitudes toward and success in math.
| Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook |
| Author |
Jo Boaler |
| Publisher |
John Wiley |
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