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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254922203321

Autore

Borza Melissa A

Titolo

Fashion Figures [[electronic resource] ] : How Missy the Mathlete Made the Cut / / by Melissa A. Borza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Apress, 2017

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2017

ISBN

1-4842-2274-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 109 p. 57 illus., 12 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

650

Soggetti

Business

Management science

Computers

Children's literature

Education—Data processing

Business and Management, general

The Computing Profession

Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

Children's Literature

Computers and Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 104 Driscoll Ave.- Chapter 2 Codes and Crises.- Chapter 3 Figures and Icons.- Chapter 4 Divided We Stand -- Chapter 5 Patterns and Problems -- Chapter 6 -- Garbage In ≠ Garbage Out -- Chapter 7 Teasing Out the Answers -- Chapter 8 Solutions by Design -- Chapter 9 To the Nines -- Chapter 10 All the Right Angles -- Chapter 11 Pi for All.

Sommario/riassunto

Missy Maker is a middle school girl who loves math and fashion. She sees math in everything she does. She tries to hide this from her friends, because she thinks it’s too geeky. Missy hears that the school math club needs more members, but she’s worried about what her friends will think if she joins, and she’s already committed to joining the fashion club. After an epic internal struggle and with the support of



her peers and her quirky, loving family, Missy finds that she can be both a Mathlete and a Fashionista. Missy figures out how to bring the two clubs together to help both groups win. In the process, she discovers that she can openly excel in math and science and still be popular with her peers. She also learns how her math and science skills can help her artistic endeavors. Gain an inside perspective on what it’s like when you love math and science and happen to be a girl. Fashion Figures highlights the societal and internal pressures preteen and early-teen girls often face when they excel in these subjects, and it shows strategies for overcoming barriers to being themselves and doing what they love while still fitting in socially.