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Math power : how to help your child love math, even if you don't / Patricia Clark Kenschaft. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0486491811 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780486491813 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xiv, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. --
- Edition: Rev. ed. --
- Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2014, c2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Previously published: New York : Pi Press, 2006. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-283) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 20.25 |
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| Subject: | Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 372.7 Ken 2006 | 31681002582658 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Critically acclaimed and commercially successful, this resource helps parents overcome their residual math anxiety and assists them in showing children how to enjoy the subject and excel at it. Packed with useful information and instruction, the book features proven teaching techniques, games, and other activities. Suitable for home schoolers and other parents of children from preschool to age 10. 2006 edition"-- - Dover Pubns
Any child can overcome the disadvantages of mediocre math teaching in school and parental math anxiety at home. Math Power offers easy-to-follow and concrete strategies for teaching math concepts. These lively techniques â including games, questions, conversations, and specific math activities â are suitable for children from preschool to age 10.
Author Patricia Clark Kenschaft maintains that rote learning and standardized testing weaken children's natural love of learning, and she shows how parents can effectively supplement students' math education. Her critically acclaimed guide is particularly valuable to homeschoolers, offering all parents the tools they need to help children achieve academic and real-world success.
"Should be required reading for all parents of elementary schoolchildren." â Max A. Sobel, former President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
"I hope many parents will read this valuable book. It shows how parents can set positive switches in their kids that will help them enjoy mathematics both in school and out." â Henry Pollack, former President, Mathematical Association of America
Patricia Clark Kenschaft is professor emerita of mathematics at Montclair State University, where she was a professor of mathematics for thirty-two 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, as well as the author of more than eighty published articles and the book Change Is Possible: Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics. - Dover PubnsCritically acclaimed and commercially successful, this resource is packed with useful information and instruction. Features proven teaching techniques, games, and more. Suitable for parents of children from preschool to age 10. 2006 edition.
