
Overcoming Math Anxiety
Sheila Tobias(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 2. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-0-393-31307-9 (ISBN)
Description
The new edition retains the author's pungent analysis of what makes math "hard" for otherwise successful people and how women, more than men, become victims of a gendered view of math. It has been substantially updated to incorporate new research on what we know and don't know about "sex differences" in brain organization and function, and it has been enlarged to include problems, puzzles, and strategies tried out in hundreds of math anxiety workshops Tobias and her colleagues have sponsored.
What remains unchanged is the author's politics. She sees "math anxiety" as a political issue. So long as people themselves to be disabled in mathematics and do not rise up and confront the social and pedagogical origins of their disabilities, they will be denied "math mental health." Tobias defines this as "the willingness to learn the math you need when you need it." In an ever more technical society, having that willingness can make the difference between high and low self-esteem, failure and success.
What remains unchanged is the author's politics. She sees "math anxiety" as a political issue. So long as people themselves to be disabled in mathematics and do not rise up and confront the social and pedagogical origins of their disabilities, they will be denied "math mental health." Tobias defines this as "the willingness to learn the math you need when you need it." In an ever more technical society, having that willingness can make the difference between high and low self-esteem, failure and success.
Reviews / Votes
"If you've ever said 'I'm no good at numbers,' this book can change your life." -- Gloria SteinemMore details
Edition
Revised and Expanded edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-31307-9 (9780393313079)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
A leading feminist activist, Sheila Tobias teaches politics and women's studies at the University of Arizona.