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Boaler, Jo

Summary: "Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler--Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning--has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 510 BOA

Mueller, Mary

Summary: Parents often are challenged to find ways to help their children be successful in their learning endeavors. They want to be involved in their children's education, but are often unsure of the best ways to help their children to succeed academically. This book offers parents a resource they can use to navigate their child's education, communicate with teachers, and support their children in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372.7 MUE

Frenkel, Edward

Summary: "Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 FRE

Summary: The opening line of this upbeat program is “Teaching is both an art and a science.” Filmed in three disparate but remarkable classrooms, the video illustrates how effective learning takes place when teachers combine their knowledge of child development, subject matter, and cognitive psychology. The three teachers combine music and graphic arts with reading, writing, and mathematics lessons in...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1991

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Summary: Presents 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509 SCI

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