E-book Evaluation of “Kiss My Math: Exhibiting Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss” by Danica McKellar
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Kiss My Math: Exhibiting Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss [Soft cover]
by Danica McKellar
352 pages, $24.95
ISBN-10: 1594630496
Nonfiction
On the finish of the 80s, the community ABC blessed America with an endearing drama entitled “The Surprise Years.” A youthful Fred Savage navigated the unrest of maturing within the 60’s, a interval of American history fraught with turbulence. On this household sitcom, his co-star, Danica McKellar, was his winsome, on-and-off-again girlfriend, Winnie. Combating math ideas was most likely too mundane a plot to be aired on this amicable tv present.
Ms. McKellar determined to take a break from performing to attend UCLA the place she earned a BS in Arithmetic-even serving to to writer authentic analysis proving an authentic math theorem. Throughout that course of examine, she had an epiphany: arithmetic doesn’t should be the bane of younger females. Opting to not keep within the lofty towers of arithmetic academe, she wrote Math Does not Suck, a book particularly aimed toward younger females to assist these combating math nervousness.
Kiss My Math builds upon the content material of Math Does not Suck, to take its readership to the next understanding of pre-algebraic ideas. Having taught math in highschool, this author can’t discover fault with the demonstration of math ideas introduced. One of many advantages of learning math, and even educating math, is the truth that, in the long run – math issues can have just one proper reply. Math nervousness arises when a scholar realizes that math is an exacting examine…one that can not be achieved via a bluffing course of.
Prepubescent women will respect the efforts to offer courting ideas and glimpses from Danica’s private experiences as she navigated adolescence. McKellar is to be recommended for together with testimonials from skilled girls that illustrate the examine of arithmetic will be useful in even glamorous female careers, similar to vogue merchandising.
It’s laborious to take a few of the illustrations critically, nonetheless. For example, to show the distinction between optimistic and destructive integers, McKellar calls them “mint-egers” as a substitute. A very good tasting mint is a optimistic integer and a foul tasting trifle is a destructive integer. When you have a destructive style in your mouth, like -6, you may mix it with a optimistic integer to get 0. She calls this a “lint-eger” since it is so bland.
Know a younger feminine who’s combating math? This book may assist, however preserve it away from her dad; he’ll chortle himself foolish over the remainder of it.
Evaluation by Steven King, MBA, MEd
