TY - BOOK AU - Oakley,Barbara A. TI - A mind for numbers: how to excel at math and science (even if you flunked algebra) SN - 9780399165245 (pbk.) AV - QA11.2 OA11 2014 U1 - 501/.9 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin KW - Math anxiety KW - Mathematics KW - Study and teaching KW - Psychological aspects KW - Educational psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index N2 - Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses; but when she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy were limiting her options post-graduation, she returned to college newly determined to retool her brain to master the subjects that had given her so much trouble. In A mind for numbers, Oakley draws on insights from neuroscience and cognitive psychology to reveal the secrets to effectively learning math and science ER -