Mathematical mindsets : unleashing students' potential through creative math, inspiring messages, and innovative teaching / Jo Boaler ; foreword by Carol Dweck.

By: Boaler, Jo, 1964- [author.]Contributor(s): Dweck, Carol S, 1946- [foreword.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass; a Wiley Brand, [2016]Description: xiii, 292 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780470894521 (paperback)Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) | Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)LOC classification: QA135.6 .B63 2016
Contents:
The brain and mathematics learning -- The power of mistakes and struggle -- The creativity and beauty in mathematics -- Creating mathematical mindsets: the importance of flexibility with numbers -- Rich mathematical tasks -- Mathematics and the path to equity -- From tracking to growth mindset grouping -- Assessment for a growth mindset -- Teaching mathematics for a growth mindset.

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Includes bibliographical references (page [209]-216) and index (281-292).

The brain and mathematics learning -- The power of mistakes and struggle -- The creativity and beauty in mathematics -- Creating mathematical mindsets: the importance of flexibility with numbers -- Rich mathematical tasks -- Mathematics and the path to equity -- From tracking to growth mindset grouping -- Assessment for a growth mindset -- Teaching mathematics for a growth mindset.