Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail (0452289491)

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Editorial Review:

The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

For the first time my 12 year old daughter smiled after a math session:

I understand some of the negative reviews, but my only concern is that for the first time in her life my 12 year old smiled after doing a math lesson. She has struggled with math from the very start of pre-school, just as I did. She excels in every other subject, even being placed in honors ap english. She's had tutoring in math and yet she still struggles with understanding the concepts beyond basic addition, subtraction and multiplication. It's as if her brain shuts down at the very mention of math or... more info

Wish I could buy one for every junior high student:

Danica McKellar didn't just play a smart girl on The Wonder Years; she is one. A certified math genius with her own theorem and everything. In Math Doesn't Suck, she shares that knowledge and her own early struggles with math. She emphasizes that being math-smart isn't dorky; it's cool. She then proves it by teaching troublesome topics (such as decimals) in a breezy style, as if she's writing a teen magazine instead of a math book. I gave this to one of my tutoring students, and the girl actually enjoyed... more info

Tested out of 2 Math College classes with this book:

I am a 38-year old mother of 5 who recently decided to go back to school. I took my placement test and tested into the lowest class available which was Basic Math. I was told that I could retake the test so I went to the library and checked out a bunch of math books to study and get prepared. I found Danica's book "Math Doesn't Suck" I read it first and read the entire book in one night. I loved it and everything began to make sense. I studied it for 2 weeks then went back and took my test again and tested... more info

Excellent!:

I absolutely love this book. It has been an amazing tool to use when I am tutoring my middle school students in math. Danica McKellar did a superb job in this book. It surprised me to see some of my own tactics in the book. I can honestly say that I read this book in a matter of a couple of days and am reading it again and taking notes down.
By the way, I bought this book because a student had recommended it to me.

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