Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9781594630392
ISBN: 1594630399
Label: Hudson Street Press
Manufacturer: Hudson Street Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: August 02, 2007
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Hudson Street Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
From a well-known actress and math genius—a groundbreaking guide to mathematics 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—in fact, it’s sexy 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). In addition, borrowing from the style of today’s teen magazines, 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.




Rating: - Math can be fun!!! (Never thought I'd say that!)
I bought this book for my daughter who was struggling with math. I loved Danica on Wonder Years, so I figured it would at least be entertaining. My daughter loves this book, and also the fun quizzes, and the neat tricks she has for remembering functions.

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Rating: - A Good Tool to help your daughter understand math.
We all knew by watching the Wonder Years that Winnie Cooper was smart. We didn't realize that Actress Danica McKeller who portrayed Winnie on TV is even smarter than that iconic Girl next Door Character.

McKeller has written a book for Jr. High girls that introduces them and reintroduces their parents to basic concepts in math like factors, prime numbers, quotients, and others that tended to make my head swim in school. She does this by using illustrations that the girls can relate ... Read More

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Rating: - Elementary schooler can't put it down
I bought this book in "anticipation" of math troubles for my now 8-year-old. I explained to her that we'll read it together as she gets closer to middle school, but she finds it so interesting now, she's reading it as if it were prose. I suspect she's simply intrigued with Danica and all things adolescent (since most little girls idolize teen girls), but whatever it is, she's enjoying reading this book. Hopefully, we're paving the road to a good relationship with math in the near future.

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Rating: - My 7th Grade Students Love This Book!
The day after I got this book I was able to use Danica's ideas to teach my 7th grade students about factoring. Anyone who's read this book knows about monkeys being 'prime-ates' and them hanging on the bottom of the factor trees! What a unique and exciting way to teach factoring. My students remembered it all year.

There are a lot of reasons I like having this book in my middle school math classroom (it's in the 'math library' - available for anyone to read whenever there's time). Here ... Read More

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Rating: - Math Doesn't Suck
My daughter's tutor who is a fifth grade teacher borrowed this book from us and took it to his elementary school. His supervisor ordered 5 books for the the school. They felt the language was very appropriate for kids and it had very good tips, ideas, and ways of explaining math so that kids could relate. It was originally recommended to me by my daughter's 7th grade teacher. My daughter has always struggled in math and we look forward to using this book daily.

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