Math Wars: A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Review "This is a lively and informative introduction to current conflicts and opinions about what is best for our children. Latterell explains the various positions, places them in theoretical content so that we can understand them, and leaves the final decisions up to the reader. This book shows us why all students are smart, even if there is something they were not taught, and why it is so hard to know what is best in education. Learning theories, the politics of professional associations, and the education of future teachers, are all part of what is hanging in the balance while researchers, policy-makers and curriculum writers bicker over which textbooks should be purchased. In the meantime, what does this all mean for *your* child?"-Peter Appelbaum Associate Professor and Coordinator of Mathematics Education Programs Arcadia University, Philadelphia Book Description This book—written by a long-time mathematics teacher—explains why mathematics education is commonly listed as the number one concern of parents and teachers in K-12 schools and provides guidance for addressing the issue.