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Best Selling Books by John Mighton

John Mighton is the author of The End of Ignorance (2008), The Myth of Ability (2003), The Little Years (1996), All Things Being Equal (2020), A Short History of Night (2006).

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The End of Ignorance

release date: Aug 12, 2008
The End of Ignorance
A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn. The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind—a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the barriers that we have experienced in our own educational development, by identifying the moment that we became disenchanted with a certain subject and forever closed ourselves off to it, we will be able to eliminate these same barriers from standing in the way of our children. A passionate examination of our present education system, The End of Ignorance shows how we all can work together to reinvent the way that we are taught.

The Myth of Ability

release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Myth of Ability
A student in a remedial class who couldn''t count by twos is now in an academic program a year ahead of her grade level. An entire Grade 3 class, including so-called slow learners, scores over 90% on a Grade 6-7 math test. These are just two of mathematician John Mighton''s many success stories since he started JUMP (Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies), a not-for-profit organization providing free math tutoring for elementary-level students from low income homes.In The Myth of Ability John Mighton tells JUMP''s fascinating story and explains its teaching method with lots of simple examples.

The Little Years

release date: Jan 01, 1996
The Little Years
From the playwright who brought cybersex, virtual reality, dog suicide and necrophilia to the stage, comes a new play about the passing of time, our own immortality, and the way in which our lives are extended in the bodies and minds of others. A recipient of the Governor General''s Literary Award for Drama, a philosopher and a mathematician, John Mighton leads us on another intriguing journey which explores the passionate connection between science, philosophy, and human nature and emotions.

All Things Being Equal

release date: Jan 07, 2020
All Things Being Equal
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the award-winning founder of JUMP Math, All Things Being Equal is a proven guide to succeeding in math, and a passionate argument for why this success can and must be available to the majority instead of the privileged few. For two decades, John Mighton has developed strategies for fostering intellectual potential in all children through learning math. Math, Mighton says, provides us with mental tools of incredible power. When we learn math we learn to see patterns, to think logically and systematically, to draw analogies, to perceive risk, to understand cause and effect--among many other critical skills. Yet we tolerate and in fact expect a vast performance gap in math among students, and live in a world where many adults aren''t equipped with these crucial tools. This learning gap is unnecessary, dangerous and tragic, he cautions, and it has led us to a problem of intellectual poverty which is apparent everywhere--in fake news, political turmoil, floundering economies, even in erroneous medical diagnoses. In All Things Being Equal, Mighton argues that math study is an ideal starting point to break down social inequality and empower individuals to build a smarter, kinder, more equitable world. Bringing together the latest cognitive research and incremental learning strategies, Mighton goes deep into the classroom and beyond to offer a hopeful--and urgent--vision for a numerate society.

A Short History of Night

release date: Jan 01, 2006
A Short History of Night
"Confirms Mighton''s status as an intellectually absorbing writer" --Toronto Star

Jump at Home Grade 5

release date: Jun 01, 2010
Jump at Home Grade 5
John Mighton’s JUMP program is changing the way math is taught, and his powerful math workbooks give children the tools they need to master this crucial subject. The key is a step-by-step teaching method that isolates and describes concepts so clearly that anyone can understand them: students build on their successes, becoming proficient at solving problems with confidence and enthusiasm. Now, parents and caregivers can bring the JUMP program home. These workbooks follow the current student worksheets used by JUMP tutors and classroom teachers, including: an introduction for parents and caregivers that clearly explains the thinking behind the program and provides hours of activities, worksheets carefully designed to enable children to move from one success to the next, a glossary of math terms, and a selected answer key.

JUMP at Home Grade 1

release date: Jun 01, 2010
JUMP at Home Grade 1
John Mighton’s JUMP program is changing the way math is taught, and his powerful math workbooks give children the tools they need to master this crucial subject. The key is a step-by-step teaching method that isolates and describes concepts so clearly that anyone can understand them: students build on their successes, becoming proficient at solving problems with confidence and enthusiasm. Now, parents and caregivers can bring the JUMP program home. These workbooks follow the current student worksheets used by JUMP tutors and classroom teachers, including: an introduction for parents and caregivers that clearly explains the thinking behind the program and provides hours of activities, worksheets carefully designed to enable children to move from one success to the next, a glossary of math terms, and a selected answer key.

Body and Soul

release date: Jan 01, 1994

Possible Worlds

release date: Jan 01, 1997
Possible Worlds
Possible Worlds uses parallel narratives to speculate about questions of identity and the role of imagination in love. Winner of the 1992 Governor General''s Literary Award for Drama.

Scientific Americans

release date: Jan 01, 1990
Scientific Americans
Jim, a young physicist, moves to an army research facility with his fiancée Carol to continue his post-doctoral studies. The play traces the breakdown of their relationship as he is drawn deeply into military research and she is forced to confront the dangers of her own work in computer science. By layering images and ideas from contemporary science, the play extends the psychological and narrative conventions of realistic theatre.

Half Life

release date: Jan 01, 2005
Half Life
"Two nursing home residents, both in their 80s, meet and fall in love, rekindling what might have been a wartime romance. Had they previously met somewhere else under different circumstances? Why is their love so troubling for their children? Indeed, the light at dusk is sometimes warmer and more enveloping than that of the midday sun. Characters navigate between being and appearance, between cowardice and dissoluteness."--BOOK JACKET.

Possible Worlds ; &, A Short History of Night

release date: Jan 01, 1992

Jump at Home: Grade 4

release date: Jun 01, 2010
Jump at Home: Grade 4
John Mighton s JUMP program is changing the way math is taught, and his powerful math workbooks give children the tools they need to master this crucial subject. The key is a step-by-step teaching method that isolates and describes concepts so clearly that anyone can understand them: students build on their successes, becoming proficient at solving problems with confidence and enthusiasm. Now, parents and caregivers can bring the JUMP program home. These workbooks follow the current student worksheets used by JUMP tutors and classroom teachers, including: an introduction for parents and caregivers that clearly explains the thinking behind the program and provides hours of activities, worksheets carefully designed to enable children to move from one success to the next, a glossary of math terms, and a selected answer key."

Jump Math Teacher Resource 1.2

release date: Nov 30, 2017

Teacher Resource for AP Book 3. 2

release date: Dec 01, 2014

Jump Math Cdn Teacher Resource for Grade 7

release date: Oct 01, 2017
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