Math for Smarty Pants

Math for Smarty Pants
Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1982
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780316117388

Text, illustrations, and suggested activities offer a common-sense approach to mathematic fundamentals for those who are slightly terrified of numbers.

Gee, Wiz!

Gee, Wiz!
Author: Linda Allison
Publisher: Little Brown
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1983
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780316034456

Presents projects to perform, using materials commonly found around the house, that enable Smart Art to present logical explanations for the magic and mystery created by Wiz.

The I Hate Mathematics! Book

The I Hate Mathematics! Book
Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1987-10-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521336598

Hundreds of mathematical events, jokes, riddles, puzzles, investigations and experiments showing maths is relevant and fun.

Writing in Math Class

Writing in Math Class
Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Math Solutions
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0941355136

Writing in Math Class presents a clear and persuasive case for making writing a part of math instruction. Author and master teacher Marilyn Burns explains why students should write in math class, describes five different types of writing assignments for math, and offer tips and suggestions for teachers. In her usual engaging style, Marilyn Burns tells what happened in actual classrooms when writing was incorporated into math lessons. Illustrated throughout with student work. With a foreword by Susan Ohanian.

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2008-11-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316049271

A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.

Aha! Aha! Insight

Aha! Aha! Insight
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1978
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780894540011

Contains puzzles that first baffle and then delight problem solving addicts. Grew out of a collaboration between Bob Tappay and Martin Gardner to enliven the learning of mathematics.

A Mathematician's Lament

A Mathematician's Lament
Author: Paul Lockhart
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1934137332

“One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen.”—Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR’s Morning Edition A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart’s controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike and it will alter the way we think about math forever. Paul Lockhart, has taught mathematics at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz. Since 2000, he has dedicated himself to K-12 level students at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York.

A Collection of Math Lessons

A Collection of Math Lessons
Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1987
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Offers inspiring, practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.

Spark Your Child's Success in Math and Science

Spark Your Child's Success in Math and Science
Author: Jacqueline Barber
Publisher: Great Explorations
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780924886713

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.

You Can Change the World

You Can Change the World
Author: Daphne Spraggett
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1996-09-01
Genre: Children
ISBN: 9780310205654

Describes the situation in twenty-six countries of the world and among twenty-six ethnic groups in which little is known about Christianity, and provides directions on how to pray that Jesus will become more widely known.