How to study Mathematics as major

How to study Mathematics as major

 

Description

Every year, thousands of students declare mathematics as their major. Many are extremely intelligent and hardworking.
Most of the math major tries hard to solvenew concepts and catch the real mean of the topic.

However, even the best will encounter challenges, because upper-level mathematics involves not only independent study and learning from lectures, but also a fundamental shift from calculation to proof.

This shift is demanding but it need not be mysterious -- research has revealed many insights into the mathematical thinking required, and this book translates these into practical advice for a student audience.

This book sectioned into two parts such as:
Part 1- discusses the nature of upper-level mathematics, and explains how students can adapt and extend their existing skills in order to develop good understanding.

Part 2- covers study skills as these relate to mathematics, and suggests practical approaches to learning effectively while enjoying undergraduate life. 

As the first mathematics-specific study guide, this friendly, practical text is essential reading for any mathematics major. 

Review

"Students can benefit from just 'picking it up' for a short time - now and then - and reading just about any section. The sections are relatively short - sometimes just two or three pages, but are very informative. One could easily recommend [ How to Study as a Mathematics Major] to undergraduates." --Mathematical Association of America.

About the Author

Lara Alcock is Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University, UK. An accomplished undergraduate and graduate mathematician at Warwick, her doctorate was in mathematics education before holding various academic posts including Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education and Mathematics at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Her research focuses on the challenges students encounter as they make the transition from calculation-based to proof-based mathematics.
She was awarded the 2012 MAA Seldon Prize for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. She has been awarded National Teaching Fellows of 2015 by The Higher Education Academy. 

Publisher

•Oxford University Press

Personal Review

The book is having a great exposure over learning experience and gives an easy to understand explainations of topics belongs to higher level of math.
In higher studies most of the math major find it to be boring subject (even sometimes I was having same feeling) to reduce such kind of experiences Lara Alcock has given a very creative effort for making those topics more interesting by relate them to practical life.

Apart from all above reviews the best part of this book is that it is appreciated by Mathematical Association of America.

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Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential

Mathematical Mindsets

Unleashing Students' Potential Through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching

Mathematical Mindsets

A Very creatively crafted math Book which shows a clear roadmap to get success in math concepts with practical examples and strategies. This Book gives proper explaination towards the problems and proven to be very helpful for parents, teachers and for students too and even for those who believes that they are not so good at math.
Jo Boaler : Stanford researcher, expert in math learning, has researched about why most of the learners find problems and difficulties in math learning and gives a proper and a brief solution in the form of this book.

Boaler has used Carol Dwek's concept of "mindset" into math teaching and parenting strategies. She suggested steps that must be taken in schools to make math more interesting to grasp.

Mathematical Mindset Teaches that how to convert mistakes and squeezing experiences into valuable learning experience. Briefly given rich math activities shows how to be reasoning in Mathematics instead of rote learning method. This book is also gives positive math mindset which also works as a boost to learner.

Mathematical Mindset provides a proven way to get success in math learning.

• Review

"positive and absorbing"
 (Teach Secondary, February 2016) 

"..full of useful and creative maths excercises."  (In Tuition, October 2016)

•  From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR MATHEMATICAL MINDSETS

"Mistakes, struggles, creativity, beauty, flexibility, equity Jo Boaler uses these words to describe a vision of mathematics where every student thrives and becomes a mathematical thinker. By following Boaler′s roadmap, perhaps we can once and for all lay to rest decades of archaic and destructive notions about what it takes to be good at math."
Cathy Seeley, Past President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and author of Faster Isn′t Smarter and Smarter Than We Think

• Review by customers on Amazon :-

• About the Author :

DR. JO BOALER is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University. The author of seven books and numerous research articles, she serves as an advisor to several Silicon Valley companies and is a White House presenter on girls and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). She is a regular contributor 6to news and radio in the United States and England and recently formed youcubed.org to give teachers and parents the resources and ideas they need to inspire and excite students about mathematics.

  • My opinion 

For those who want math to be more creative and interesting subject,

and also those who think they are not good at math they must have to try this and feel a great exposure over various practical math learnings.

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