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excellent, insightful and data driven perspective on mathematics education. the chapters about instructional practices and gender equality are particularly powerful. jo boaler is a force to be reckoned with.

okay psych! I can't do it anymore, plus the library wants it back. I'm giving up on this book! 😂😂

Highlights the problems of comparing students to one another (rather than to the standard of progress), then in the next chapter bases her argument for gender equality of opportunity on comparing girls to boys rather than to the previously mentioned standard of progress. Really frustrating for a book that's been so good up to this point.

actually the most interesting book i’ve read this semester

i've never heard about "the math wars" (did they reached canada? are we past that?) but the fact that there are "extreme traditionalists" even in the math field, it hurts my brain a little.

well, i've already pulled out my sticky tabs to mark the pages that say something Deeply American™️ so we'll see how this goes

If you want to change your, or your children’s, idea of mathematics, read this book.

"When students are sent a label telling them where they stand compared to other students, rather than where they stand in their learning of mathematics, it offers no helpful information and is harmful to many students. A test should communicate to students *what* they have learned and how much they have learned *over a period of time.*

"The bottom line on talking is that it is critical to math learning and to giving students the depth of understanding they need."

This book is disheartening but also motivational.

This is the most inspiring and depressing book simultaneously!

This is the most inspiring and depressing book simultaneously!

I'm really nearly done with the text, as this book has several appendices and notes. I just wish everyone who had anything to do with planning and instructing math would take time to read and consider this book. It is indeed an inspiring resource.

I hope this book unlocks my brain wherever I'm going wrong mathematically. I do have math anxiety, though ironically I have a minor in applied mathematics. I'm currently trying to strengthen my math skills so I can become a better scientist, and I really need some encouraging words. I noticed this guy has an updated version for 2015. If this one goes well, I'll read the latest too.

Highly recommend to any teacher or person who has children. It's a must read.

Advice for parents. Don't tell your child you aren't good at math, or that you weren't good at math when you were in school. This has been shown to have a negative effect on school performance.

Students want to excel in math. They want to experience math on their own terms. They want to see the full colors of the mathematical rainbow. But, most classrooms paint math in black and white, leaving children wondering, "Can't I just get a little yellow over here?"

Are boys better at math than girls? What's wrong with girls? And how can we change girls to be better at math? Now, that the tables are flipped and girls ARE doing better at math and sometimes better than boys, why aren't we asking the same types of questions about boys?

Standardized tests like those imposed by the No Child Left behind act, as well as those typically used in math classrooms in the United States, do not give students any information that they can use to improve their learning. This is a shame since we know that student centered formative assessment is the most powerful form of assessment that one can use in the classroom.

The NCLB law, which made testing mandatory, was stated as necessary in order to make education equal among a diverse population of students. The tragedy is that it caused a terrible rift that made inequalities worse.

Got to this book a little later than I wanted to. Just now am I starting to write down *ideas* for my math classes this year. Not even super planning, just "Hey, wouldn't this be cool?"

But in regards to the content of the book. I appreciate the reference to Singh's Fermat's Enigma! That book is my second eye-opener to the world of living math (after a Martin Gardner book).

Finally getting into more of the "how" to implement a better method of teaching.

I know some people who would fight tooth and nail to defend ability grouping, so this explanation of how detrimental it can be is very interesting

I've fallen into PBL math wonderland

chapters 6&7; very thought - provoking.

Really enjoying this book recommended during a summer math training.