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(1935-2021) Author. Sheila Tobias was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Tucson, Arizona.

Full Name

Sheila Tobias

Locations

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Author's Timeline


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Ms. Tobias taught history at the City College of New York.

1935

BIRTH

Sheila Tobias was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 26, 1935.

1961

OTHER

Ms. Tobias received a master's in history from Columbia University in 1961.

1967

OTHER

Ms. Tobias was appointed assistant to the vice president of academic affairs in 1967.

1978

LITWORK

Overcoming Math Anxiety
W. W. Norton & Company
0393064395 / 978-0393064391
Nonfiction.

1982

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What Kinds of Guns Are They Buying for Your Butter? A Guide to Defense, Weaponry and Military Spending
William Morrow & Company

Nonfiction written with Peter Goudinoff, Stefan Leader, and Shelah Leader.

1987

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Succeed with Math: Every Student's Guide to Conquering Math Anxiety
College Board
0874472598 / 978-0874472592
Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier
Science News Books
9991755667 / 978-9991755663
Nonfiction.

1992

LITWORK

Breaking the Science Barrier: How to Explore and Understand the Sciences
College Board
0874474418 / 978-0874474411
Nonfiction written with Carl T. Tomizuka.

1992

LITWORK

Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don't
Research Corp
0963350412 / 978-0963350411
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty-Made Tests in College Science
Springer
0306455803 / 978-0306455803
Nonfiction written with Jacqueline Raphael.

1998

LITWORK

Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflection on the Women's Movement
Routledge
0813328438 / 978-0813328430
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

Science Teaching as a Profession. Why It Isn't. How It Could Be
National Science Teachers Association - NSTA Press
1936137062 / 978-1936137060
Nonfiction written with Anne Baffert.

2012

LITWORK

Banishing Math Anxiety
Kendall Hunt Publishing
146520735X / 978-1465207357
Nonfiction written with Victor Piercey.

2021

DEATH

Sheila Tobias died in a nursing home in Tucson, Arizona, on July 6, 2021.

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