Math Power by Patricia Kenschaft
Accessible and authoritative, Math Power will help you inspire your children mathematically by giving them the tools they need for academic and real-word success.. }You may be shocked to learn that in America today, twenty-four states have no math requirements at all for prospective elementary school teachers. Until states require their teachers to learn more math, parents are their childrens primary hope. Dynamic mathematician Pat Kenschaft believes that although math phobia is rampant, it is also unnecessary. With this guide any child can overcome mediocre math teaching in school and parental math anxiety at home. Kenschaft shares with parents her strategies for understanding and teaching math concepts, explaining what math is and how it works. Her lively techniques for understanding maththrough games, questions, and conversations, as well as specific math activitiescan help preschoolers to ten-year-olds develop math ability. } *Preventing Math Anxiety *Making Math Fun *Nurturing Childhood Promise *Moving Beyond Rote Learning.
Patricia Clark Kenschaft is professor emerita of mathematics at Montclair State University, where she was a professor of mathematics for thirty-seven years. The mother of two grown children, Pat Kenschaft has taught mathematics to hundreds of elementary school children. She is the author or coauthor of five college mathematics textbooks, including the Dover 2013 title Linear Mathematics, as well as the author of more than eighty published articles and the book Change is Possible: Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780201772890 |
| ISBN 10 | 0201772892 |
| Title | Math Power |
| Author | Patricia Kenschaft |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| Year published | 1997-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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