Danielle McKellar is een befaamde actrice en wiskundige die meisjes inspireert voor wiskunde via haar toegankelijke boeken. Ze daagt actief stereotypen uit en toont aan dat de intellectuele capaciteiten van artiesten niet onderschat mogen worden. Haar schrijven richt zich op het empoweren van jonge vrouwen, het bevorderen van zelfvertrouwen en competentie op wiskundig gebied. McKellar is een levend bewijs dat men zowel in de kunst als in de wetenschap kan uitblinken.
This deceptively simple bedtime book gives your child the building blocks for math success. As children say goodnight to the objects all around them three wheels on a tricycle, four legs on a cat they will connect with the real numbers in their world while creating cuddly memories, night after night.
From actress and math genius Danica McKellar comes a groundbreaking middle school math workbook for middle school girls, their parents, and educators. As the math education crisis in this country continues to make headlines, research continues to prove that it is in middle school when math scores begin to drop—especially for girls—in large part due to the relentless social conditioning that tells girls they “can’t do” math, and that math is “uncool.” Young girls today need strong female role models to embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart! It’s Danica McKellar’s mission to be this role model, and demonstrate on a large scale that math doesn’t suck. In this fun and accessible guide, McKellar—dubbed a “math superstar” by The New York Times—gives girls and their parents the tools they need to master the math concepts that confuse middle-schoolers most, including fractions, percentages, pre-algebra, and more. The book features hip, real-world examples, step-by-step instruction, and engaging stories of Danica’s own childhood struggles in math (and stardom). It even includes a Math Horoscope section, Math Personality Quizzes, and Real-Life Testimonials—ultimately revealing why math is easier and cooler than readers think.