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Author : Barbara A. Oakley
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780399165245
Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. In her book, she offers you the tools needed to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Educational innovations
ISBN : UCR:31210024865063
Author : Ann Renninger,Martina Nieswandt,Suzanne Hidi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780935302424
Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Martin Nieswandt, and Suzanne Hidi, is the first volume to assemble findings on the role of interest in mathematics and science learning. As the contributors illuminate across the volume's 22 chapters, interest provides a critical bridge between cognition and affect in learning and development. This volume will be useful to educators, researchers, and policy makers, especially those whose focus is mathematics, science, and technology education.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Educational innovations
ISBN : UOM:39015037343566
Author : Jacqueline Barber,Nicole Parizeau,Lincoln Bergman
Publisher : Great Explorations
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0924886714
This accessible and practical sourcebook is for parents who want to understand and contribute to their children's success in math and science and to their overall education. 25 illustrations.
Author : Barbara Oakley, PhD
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101621615
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life. In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectively—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. The learning strategies in this book apply not only to math and science, but to any subject in which we struggle. We all have what it takes to excel in areas that don't seem to come naturally to us at first, and learning them does not have to be as painful as we might think.
Author : Keith Devlin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786725083
Why is math so hard? And why, despite this difficulty, are some people so good at it? If there's some inborn capacity for mathematical thinking—which there must be, otherwise no one could do it —why can't we all do it well? Keith Devlin has answers to all these difficult questions, and in giving them shows us how mathematical ability evolved, why it's a part of language ability, and how we can make better use of this innate talent.He also offers a breathtakingly new theory of language development—that language evolved in two stages, and its main purpose was not communication—to show that the ability to think mathematically arose out of the same symbol-manipulating ability that was so crucial to the emergence of true language. Why, then, can't we do math as well as we can speak? The answer, says Devlin, is that we can and do—we just don't recognize when we're using mathematical reasoning.
Author : Dana Mackenzie
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691160160
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics--the universal language of science--keep the masterpieces of the subject hidden behind a veil? The Universe in Zero Words tells the history of twenty-four great and beautiful equations that have shaped mathematics, science, and society--from the elementary (1+1=2) to the sophisticated (the Black-Scholes formula for financial derivatives), and from the famous (E=mc2) to the arcane (Hamilton's quaternion equations). Mackenzie, who has been called "a popular-science ace" by Booklist magazine, lucidly explains what each equation means, who discovered it (and how), and how it has affected our lives. Illustrated in color throughout, the book tells the human and often-surprising stories behind the invention or discovery of the equations, from how a bad cigar changed the course of quantum mechanics to why whales (if they could communicate with us) would teach us a totally different concept of geometry. At the same time, the book shows why these equations have something timeless to say about the universe, and how they do it with an economy (zero words) that no other form of human expression can match. The Universe in Zero Words is the ultimate introduction and guide to equations that have changed the world.
Author : Bill Hazlett
Publisher : Tickling Keys, Inc.
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781615473151
This guide to enabling middle-grade mathematics teachers to use Microsoft Excel in the classroom focuses primarily on concepts taught in grades 4&–10, with some pre-algebra lessons for higher grades. Including files available for downloading to create custom math worksheets, build self-grading interactive spreadsheets, and use Excel to demonstrate charts and Cartesian math, this handbook provides fun examples of probability, solving equations, magic squares, and compound interest.
Author : Barbara Oakley, PhD,Terrence Sejnowski, PhD,Alistair McConville
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525504467
A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject--based on one of the world's most popular online courses and the bestselling book A Mind for Numbers A Mind for Numbers and its wildly popular online companion course "Learning How to Learn" have empowered more than two million learners of all ages from around the world to master subjects that they once struggled with. Fans often wish they'd discovered these learning strategies earlier and ask how they can help their kids master these skills as well. Now in this new book for kids and teens, the authors reveal how to make the most of time spent studying. We all have the tools to learn what might not seem to come naturally to us at first--the secret is to understand how the brain works so we can unlock its power. This book explains: • Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process • How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box • Why having a poor memory can be a good thing • The value of metaphors in developing understanding • A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating Filled with illustrations, application questions, and exercises, this book makes learning easy and fun.
Author : Jordan Ellenberg
Publisher : Penguin Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781594205224
A brilliant tour of mathematical thought and a guide to becoming a better thinker, How Not to Be Wrong shows that math is not just a long list of rules to be learned and carried out by rote. Math touches everything we do; It's what makes the world make sense. Using the mathematician's methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. How Not to Be Wrong shows us how--Publisher's description.
Author : David E. Drew
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421416953
Proven strategies for reforming STEM education in America’s schools, colleges, and universities. One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math. Businesspeople and cultural critics such as Bill Gates warn that this alarming situation puts the United States at a serious disadvantage in the high-tech global marketplace of the twenty-first century, and President Obama places improvement in these areas at the center of his educational reform. What can be done to reverse this poor performance and to unleash America’s wasted talent? David E. Drew has good news—and the tools America needs to keep competitive. Drawing on both academic literature and his own rich experience, Drew identifies proven strategies for reforming America’s schools, colleges, and universities, and his comprehensive review of STEM education in the United States offers a positive blueprint for the future. These research-based strategies include creative and successful methods for building strong programs in science and mathematics education and show how the achievement gap between majority and minority students can be closed. A crucial measure, he argues, is recruiting, educating, supporting, and respecting America’s teachers. Accessible, engaging, and hard hitting, STEM the Tide is a clarion call to policymakers, administrators, educators, and everyone else concerned about students’ participation in the STEM fields and America’s competitive global position.
Author : Barbara Oakley PhD,Olav Schewe
Publisher : St. Martin's Essentials
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781250799388
A book for learners of all ages containing the best and most updated advice on learning from neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Do you spend too much time learning with disappointing results? Do you find it difficult to remember what you read? Do you put off studying because it’s boring and you’re easily distracted? This book is for you. Dr. Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe have both struggled in the past with their learning. But they have found techniques to help them master any material. Building on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, they give you a crash course to improve your ability to learn, no matter what the subject is. Through their decades of writing, teaching, and research on learning, the authors have developed deep connections with experts from a vast array of disciplines. And it’s all honed with feedback from thousands of students who have themselves gone through the trenches of learning. Successful learners gradually add tools and techniques to their mental toolbox, and they think critically about their learning to determine when and how to best use their mental tools. That allows these learners to make the best use of their brains, whether those brains seem “naturally” geared toward learning or not. This book will teach you how you can do the same.
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309131971
First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods--to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system. Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain. How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn. What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach. The amazing learning potential of infants. The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace. Learning needs and opportunities for teachers. A realistic look at the role of technology in education.
Author : Fhilcar Faunillan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 151926965X
Whether you are a student, a parent or an employee, you surely have your frustrations when it comes to two of the most difficult subjects that all of us have encountered in school. And that is no other than Mathematics and Science. Ever since we were in pre-school then to middle school and then to high school, we seem to be faced with the daily terror and hardships that these two subjects have to offer. When you enter college, the complications and impediments that these subjects have seem to have doubled. Letters have turned into majuscules and numbers have been mixed with a lot of variables. In its etymology, science pertains to the study of the natural world which is all based on knowledge done through experiment and observation while Mathematics on the other hand is the study of the relation of numbers, quantities and shapes. Both of them feels easy when defined but makes you feel like you have entered a new horizon when discussed by an instructor. You probably know by now that you are not alone. You may have lots of friends and classmates who are also having a hard time acing their tests and recitations with these two subjects. Studies have shown that a lot of students can easily ace English and History but most of them would have a hard time coping with Mathematics and Science. This is why having an average grade in these two subjects already feels like winning a gold medal for most students. Are you one of these students? Or, is your child one of them? If your answer to the question above is yes, then fear no more since you are already holding something in your hand that would help you get out of mediocrity. This book will definitely change the way you see Mathematics and Science. It would help you gain some insights and techniques on how to handle these types of subjects. It would also give you some strategies on how to ace your exams and recitations without putting yourself to a "no sleep" form. In addition, if you are a parent who would want to have a child who is interested in Mathematics and Science and become really good at it, then you are in luck since this book would help you become the parent you want to be. This book would give you tips and instructions on how to mold your child in becoming interested in Mathematics and Science at such an early age. Go on and explore the pages of this book. I do hope that you would have a fun time reading through it. I also hope that you will learn a lot.
