Mathematical mindsets

unleashing students' potential through creative math, inspiring messages, and innovative teaching

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Jo Boaler: Mathematical mindsets (2016)

292 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-470-89452-1
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OCLC Number:
917888599

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"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 thousands of students through middle and high schools to study how they learn and to find the most effective ways to unleash the math potential in all students, "--Amazon.com.

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It's a bit repetitive with needless feminist undertones. However, the subjects such as a growth mindset; the ineffectiveness and harmfulness of grades and the segregation of student by performance; the uselessness of rewarding rote learning and computation; and practice examples make the book worthwhile for anyone interested in teaching, math, children, neuroscience, and psychometrics.

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The growth mindset could've been based on biased and faulty research; however, the latest study has some important limitations: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/Evaluation_Reports/Changing_Mindsets.pdf, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck#Criticism

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Subjects

  • Study and teaching (Secondary)
  • Mathematics
  • Study and teaching (Middle school)