Ava Hated Math: Until One Day She Didn't

by Gary Ernest Davis

Ava is a middle school student who truly hates math. She doesn't understand the confusing methods used in arithmetic and has decided she wants nothing to do with math. Ava's mother, desperate to help, finds exploding dots on the internet and shows Ava who gets hooked. Ava finds by using exploding dots that she can do her math problems and also understand what's going on. Ava's story is one of millions of children, and their parents and teachers, across the globe, who experience the power and joy of exploding dots, to help them understand and enjoy mathematics.

105 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2018

About the author

I wrote the fictional tale "Coffee, Love and Matrix Algebra", one chapter each day on my website for 80 days. Three chapters were dropped from the final publication.
I'm planning a sequel to "Coffee, Love and Matrix Algebra". I have a non-fiction book on children's counting just about ready to be published.
I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia.
I was educated (BSc and PhD) at Monash University, Melbourne.
I worked for many years in the Department of Mathematics, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
As a result of my work in mathematics education, I went to the School of Education at the University of Southampton, UK, where I was Professor and Director of the Centre for Mathematics Education.
I then went to Rutgers, NJ, where I was Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Senior Research Scientist in the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning at Rutgers.
After Rutgers I went to the College of Education at Washington State University, where I was Boeing Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education.
I am currently Professor of Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
I have published academic articles and books in mathematics and mathematics education.