"Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler--Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning--has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed thousands of students through middle and high schools to study...

Using a full-color illustrated approach, a guide to parental math tutoring looks at every aspect of the challenging subject, from simple sums to simultaneous equations, in a book with simple explanations and clear illustrations that parents can share with their children.

Study guide to assist students in conquering calculus, including step-by-step explanations of limits, derivatives, and integrals, and methods for tackling topics such as asymptotes and infinite series, logarithms, and calculus word problems.

Professional chef Jonathan Locke explains and demonstrates measuring tools and techniques in the kitchen. Easy-to-follow guidelines for measuring ingredients, time and temperature are presented in this informational video. Help your students learn about ratios, units of measure, the history of measurement, and how to measure different types of ingredients in Part 1: Understanding Measuring Tools. Part 2: Applying Measuring Techniques gives students...

Veteran sixth-grade teacher Richard Fisher shares his proven system of teaching that motivates students to learn and produces dramatic results. Using Fisher's method, students quickly gain confidence and excitement that lead quickly to success. --back cover.

Algebra II is the fork in the road. Those who succeed in this second part of the algebra sequence are well on their way to calculus and higher mathematics, which open the door to careers in science, engineering, medicine, economics, information technology, and many other fields. Algebra II starts by reviewing functions, graphing, and polynomials from Algebra I, and then introduces new topics, such as conic sections, roots and radicals, exponential...

Covers the standard topics taught in Algebra 1, Elementary Algebra, and Beginning Algebra classes and is jam-packed with hundreds of practice questions and proven strategies for tackling even the most challenging problems.

"A revised edition of the bestselling activities guide for math teachers. Now updated with new math activities for computers and mobile devices--and now organized by the Common Core State Standards--this book includes more than 650 ready-to-use math starter activities that get kids quickly focused and working as soon as they enter the classroom. Ideally suited for any math curriculum, these high-interest problems spark involvement in the day's lesson,...