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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Hacker, Andrew, author.     Subjects     Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects.     Mathematical ability.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hacker, Andrew, author.       by title:      The math myth [elect...         MARC Display

The math myth [electronic resource] : and other STEM delusions / Andrew Hacker. by Hacker, Andrew, author. [Old Saybrook] : Tantor Audio, 2016. Subjects Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects.   Mathematical ability. Electronic Resource http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=50&titleID=2740075 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/2740075-TheMathMyth.mp3 Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2cdad1bf-62d1-49a4-9901-927291c0846a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1219-1/{2CDAD1BF-62D1-49A4-9901-927291C0846A}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781515977155 (electronic audio bk.) 1515977153 (electronic audio bk.) Description:  1 online resource (1 sound file (06 hr., 52 min., 01 sec.)) : digital Requests:  0 Summary:  "Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning our current mathematics requirements instantly became one of the the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? The Math Myth expands Hacker's scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, such as the notion that mathematics broadens our minds, that mastery of azimuths and asymptotes will be needed for most jobs, that the entire Common Core syllabus should be required of every student. He worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling (he has been a professor of mathematics) and extols its glories and its goals, he shows how mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed and acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and careers. He proposes alternatives, including teaching facility with figures, quantitative reasoning, and utilizing statistics. The Math Myth is sure to spark a heated and needed national conversation not just about mathematics but about the kind of people and society we want to be."--Publisher's Web site.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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