Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Mathematics, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching [Paperback]

In Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching mathematics education expert and best-selling author Jo Boaler delivers a blueprint to banishing math anxiety and laying a foundation for mathematics success that anyone can build on.

Perfect for students who have been convinced they are naturally bad at math, the author offers a demonstration of how to turn self-doubt into self-confidence by relying on the mindset framework.

Mathematical Mindsets is based on thousands of hours of in-depth study and research into the most effectiveand ineffectiveways to teach math to young people. This new edition also includes:

• Brand-new research from the last five years that sheds brighter light on how to turn a fear of math into an enthusiastic desire to learn
• Developed ideas about ways to bring about equitable grouping in classrooms
• New initiatives to bring 21st century mathematics to K-12 classrooms

Mathematical Mindsets is ideal for K-12 math educators. It also belongs on the bookshelves of the parents interested in helping their K-12 children with their math education, as well as school administrators and educators-in-training.

Foreword vii

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Introduction: The Power of Mindset xi

Chapter 1 The Brain and Mathematics Learning 1

Chapter 2 The Power of Mistakes and Struggle 13

Chapter 3 The Creativity and Beauty in Mathematics 25

Chapter 4 Creating Mathematical Mindsets: The Importance of Flexibill!