Among other accomplishments in her academic field, as an undergraduate she co-authored a scientific paper with her professor and a fellow student which was so impressive that their results are known as the ‘Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem’. Let’s show this on a vertex. Danica McKellar, Actress, Best-Selling Author and Math Education Advocate, Awards New National Champion ORLANDO, FLORIDA – May 8, 2009 – Bobby Shen of Sugar Land, Texas, was named the winner of the 2009 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS® National Competition, today at …
One of the perks of having a boy is that maybe I’ll understand from the ground up how boys think, what makes them tick, and perhaps I’ll be able to create some great tools for them too,” McKellar said. “My books are a lot like teen magazines. I used to have a crush on winnie cooper as a teenager.
You begin to wonder about what your value is outside of that show. She’s a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in mathematics and the best-selling author of Acting has always been one of Danica’s passions, but math became one of her biggest loves. Now tell me she's funny as well, well that crosses a line. BUT if we get the message to teenage girls who think only with their hormones (boys too, of course) that math is SEXY that nerdy plus pretty equals fabulous, then, okay, we've accomplished something. Independent of the fact that students can’t wrap their minds around what X stands for, they’re also dealing with their developing biology, emotional sidetracks, and social pressures at the same time. And she does seem to keep a certain level of modesty while being sexy. However, that's life. Danica McKellar. Remembering that again during the time she first started to think about her identity — what she liked, and if people liked her — she used the examples and context of her own experiences to connect with the girls she writes for.Here’s one example, where McKellar explains probability by talking about a school-dance nightmare, from “Girls Get Curves”: “Let’s say there are N people at the dance, and everyone has to dance with everyone else — yes, girls too, because otherwise someone might complain about sexual-orientation discrimination, right? Right? To be pretty is 1 thing. Were you the type of student who intuitively took to it or were you in the other category, struggling to get the concepts and struggling even more to apply them in real life? The inspiration behind it came from a journal she used to keep right around that age. “I’ve been acting all my life, and when ‘The Wonder Years’ ended, I was just about to start UCLA,” she said in a recent interview. Danica was accepted into UCLA, majored in math, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. Girls, who are known to mature earlier than boys, can find themselves at the center of scrutinizing image debates. Around that time, she also became the only television actress in America to coauthor a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem; it was published in the Journal of Physics and bears her name (the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem). So yayyy to selling math to our young people. McKellar equates it to mental exercise, citing that, much like the way people exercise to stay physically fit, they should also exercise their brains through math to keep sharp. Their evolving curves often distract admirers away from their intelligence, and the constant emotional toll caused by their bubbling hormones doesn’t exactly help matters.Remembering what those years were like is one of the major reasons McKellar decided to take it upon herself to write these books. McKellar has been honored in Britain’s esteemed Journal of Physics and The New York Times, but you may know her for her acting accomplishments. “You don’t have to be on a television show to struggle with identity,” she stated, proceeding to explain that geometry, and math in general, is first and foremost a tool that helps make the brain — and self-confidence — stronger.Math trains the problem-solving center of the brain; therefore, the benefits extend far beyond mathematics. because... that sex sells thing...well its not going away so soon, that is another matter. Danica McKellar is one of the newest cast members on Dancing With the Stars. “And, believe it or not, there is a way to use those things to teach math, and that’s the fun challenge of writing these books, to figure out how.”McKellar’s books have been very successful, and parents often inquire if she will pen math books specifically for boys.