Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail (McKellar Math) - Softcover

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McKellar, Danica

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9780452289499: Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail (McKellar Math)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0452289491 ISBN 13: 9780452289499
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

From actress and math genius Danica McKellar comes a groundbreaking middle school math workbook for middle school girls, their parents, and educators.

As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to drop—especially for girls—in large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they “can’t do” math, and that math is “uncool.” Young girls today need strong female role models to embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart!

It’s Danica McKellar’s mission to be this role model, and demonstrate on a large scale that math doesn’t suck. In this fun and accessible guide, McKellar—dubbed a “math superstar” by The New York Times—gives girls and their parents the tools they need to master the math concepts that confuse middle-schoolers most, including fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and more.

The book features hip, real-world examples, step-by-step instruction, and engaging stories of Danica’s own childhood struggles in math (and stardom). It even includes a Math Horoscope section, Math Personality Quizzes, and Real-Life Testimonials—ultimately revealing why math is easier and cooler than readers think.

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About the Author

Danica McKellar is a New York Times bestselling author of groundbreaking math books, including Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math, Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss, Hot X: Algebra Exposed!, and the Goodnight, Numbers series of children's books, and is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics. She is also well known for her acting roles on The Wonder Years, The West Wing, and multiple Hallmark Channel movies, and as a quarterfinalist on Dancing with the Stars. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0452289491
ISBN 13 
9780452289499
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 4.18 out of 5 stars
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