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A MIND FOR NUMBERS
How to Excel in Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra)
This book is intended for college and high school students, to give insights based on neuroscience about how to learn math and science more easily and with less frustration. It features insights from many of the world's leading scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, and from my own decades of teaching in math and science. A MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) through Coursera based on the book is also in development.
Whether you are a college student struggling to fulfill a math requirement or a professional in a field requiring high-level analytic skills, A Mind for Numbers is geared toward anyone who has ever been intimidated by math.
Barbara Oakley, a successful engineering professor who once flunked her way through high school math and science classes, understands this audience well. Offering insights in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Dr. Oakley teaches us how to fully utilize the right side of the brain (for creative, big-picture thinking), as well as the analytical left side (for problem solving). She addresses common stumbling blocks to approaching math and science, and shows us how to use our personal learning style to its fullest advantage. Barbara Oakley is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She has received many awards for her teaching, including the coveted National Science Foundation New Century Scholar Award. Concerned about the lack of minority representation in engineering classrooms at inner city schools in Pontiac, Michigan, Dr. Oakley introduced teaching methods that launched the school district to the top in math performance on statewide tests. Dr. Oakley's previous books, Evil Genes (Prometheus Books 2008), Cold-Blooded Kindness (Prometheus Books 2011), and Pathological Altruism (Oxford University Press 2011) have been lauded by Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson.
Oakley's PhD is in the integrative, deeply mathematical discipline of systems engineering, and she is a Fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineers. Her research in bioengineering has a special emphasis on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. She also holds a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering.
Barbara Oakley, a successful engineering professor who once flunked her way through high school math and science classes, understands this audience well. Offering insights in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Dr. Oakley teaches us how to fully utilize the right side of the brain (for creative, big-picture thinking), as well as the analytical left side (for problem solving). She addresses common stumbling blocks to approaching math and science, and shows us how to use our personal learning style to its fullest advantage. Barbara Oakley is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. She has received many awards for her teaching, including the coveted National Science Foundation New Century Scholar Award. Concerned about the lack of minority representation in engineering classrooms at inner city schools in Pontiac, Michigan, Dr. Oakley introduced teaching methods that launched the school district to the top in math performance on statewide tests. Dr. Oakley's previous books, Evil Genes (Prometheus Books 2008), Cold-Blooded Kindness (Prometheus Books 2011), and Pathological Altruism (Oxford University Press 2011) have been lauded by Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson.
Oakley's PhD is in the integrative, deeply mathematical discipline of systems engineering, and she is a Fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineers. Her research in bioengineering has a special emphasis on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. She also holds a Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering.
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