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Many popular books on mathematics try to be approachable by ... with rigorous tools to avoid the slipperiness and ambiguity of everyday language, but these tools don’t always come with ethical ...

The 90-minute discussion at Thursday's meeting focused on two series of books for elementary school ... to include a textbook series called Everyday Math, which relies on word problems and similar ...

If you’re the parent of an elementary school-age child, chances are good (OK, about one in ten, although actual numbers are hard to pin down) that you’ve encountered Everyday Math. Chances are ...

Complex ideas are tackled through everyday objects and patterns in whimsical ... With more depth than the film, this book illuminates the interconnections between math, careers and social history. A ...

Orlin is a math teacher and author of a new book, Math for English Majors. His mission is to help people see math in a more approachable way. To him, math is a language we can all learn.

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So what do you do? Get yourself a book -- seriously. One I think is helpful is Everyday Math for Dummies. It takes you through the basics of percentages, loan interest, investment returns and ...

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On Doug Noon’s Borderland blog, high school teacher Karl Fisch defends the use of conceptually-oriented math programs like Everyday Math in elementary schools. In doing so, he makes a ...