I can’t resist the snarky title, but this is a serious topic. Tara Smith has a review of a math book by Danica McKellar, titled Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail. It’s aimed at getting middle-school girls to have more positive feelings about math in general.
I am not now nor have I ever been in the target audience for this book, so I won’t attempt to evaluate it. However, I think everybody this side of “Uncle Al” agrees that finding better ways to teach math to middle-school girls is a Good Thing, so I wanted to post a pointer to Tara’s review for those who don’t already read her blog.
She also has a teasing sentence hinting at a forthcoming interview with McKellar (which may already be up by the time this posts), so check back for that, if brainy celebrities are your thing…
(UPDATE: here’s the interview.)