An accessible roadmap to applying the latest math education research to real-world classrooms
“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
“Jo Boaler is justifiably tired of all the uninformed BS about math education. Too many children’s lives are being harmed. In this book, she takes the gloves off and comes out fighting. Her weapon? Scientific data. Lots of it. A readable, engaging, compelling case for revolutionizing math education. Ignore her message and you (or your children, or your students) will be locked out of much of the 21st Century.”
—Dr. Keith Devlin, Stanford University mathematician, NPR “Math Guy,” and author of Mathematics Education for a New Era
“Jo Boaler calls out the mindsets that can limit a student’s aptitude for math and ways to change them. More than just a replacement set of positive messages, Jo’s book elaborates practical, research-tested strategies for teaching, assessment, practice, and homework—all to help a student learn and love to learn mathematics.”
—Dan Meyer, former math teacher, Dean of Research at Desmos, author, and consultant
In the newly revised Second Edition of Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Mathematics, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching, distinguished Stanford math education professor Jo Boaler demonstrates what it takes to help students become high achievers in mathematics. Filled with brand-new material and updated references, the book integrates a social justice perspective and new research regarding the teaching of data science and math gathered over the past five years.
