Math A 4 Letter Word: The Math Anxiety Handbook - Softcover

Sembera, Angela; Hovis, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0962703605 ISBN 13: 9780962703607

Publisher: Public Films, 1990

Synopsis

MATH! A Four Letter Word is a self-help book for people who hate, fear, or avoid math. Math anxiety is contagious and is passed from generation to generation - from parent to child, friend to friend, media to TV and movie audiences, and even from teacher to student. A significant number of people struggle with math because they let these learned negative feelings interfere with their ability to understand math. Math! A Four Letter Word addresses the sources of negative feelings and psychologically prepares students to learn and succeed. It encourages risk-taking and taking responsibility for learning. It's straightforward style and user-friendly, non-academic look will entice even the most math resistant people to take a peek. The result: they will reexamine the reasons for their feelings and perhaps for the first time in their lives give understanding math a fair try. The feedback from this approach has been overwhelmingly positive, and we bet it works for ! you. The book includes chapters for teachers and parents.

About this title

From the Author:

Our readers tell us that this book has helped them not only with math, but with the rest of their lives as well.

From the Inside Flap:

I HATE MATH!

An Introduction

Of course you hate math. In fact, most people do. But there's a real world out there. And much of that world thinks math is pretty important. And really, deep down, so do you. I mean, you are reading this, aren't you? This handbook was written for all of you who dread math, even if you are not in school. What we have to say is pretty simple. And it's all right here in this handbook that you can read in less than an hour. But you do have to read it. And then you have to think about it and decide for yourself if you want to do what it takes to do well in math. For you adults out there, it may even mean going back to school for a little while.

If you do make a commitment to approach math in a new way, be prepared for some hard work. You've probably got some pretty bad habits about how you deal with math and those are going to have to change. But we've made a career of teaching people who really hate math to overcome those feelings. And I promise that, if you follow some simple steps and invest some of your time, you can do well in math.

Who knows? You might even learn to like it. Really.

About this edition

• Publisher: Public Films
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0962703605
• ISBN 13: 9780962703607
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 83