Description
Book SynopsisThe author offers a host of methods, drawn from many cultures, for tackling real-world math problems and explodes the myth that women and minorities are not good at math.
Trade ReviewWhat Zaslavsky does for mathematics is to remove the clandestine and reproachful stigma the public has generally had for the subject. Her easy, conversational style underscores this theme... Making this [book] widely available might enhance all of our efforts to make mathematics more accessible to every student, parent, administrator, and school board member and to the public in general. * Mathematics Teacher *
Should be required reading for every elementary school teacher or pre-service teacher. * The Science Teacher *
Claudia Zaslavsky - one of the finest and most sensitive math teachers I know - is exactly the person to guide you out of your fear of math! -- educational reformer Herbert Kohl * author of 36 Children *
Table of ContentsWho's afraid of math?
Who needs math? Everybody!
Myths of innate inferiority
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste!" Gender, race, ethnicity, and class
Our schools are found wanting
School math is not necessarily real math
Everybody can do math: solving the problem
Families, the first teachers
Mathematics of the people, by the people, for the people
