Offers study tips and tools to help students gain a better understanding of course material. The Eighth Edition includes study flashcards for further practice.
The mathematicians and educators who comprise COMAP created for All Practical Purposes in response to the following question: If there were a course designed to help impart mathematical literacy to today's students what should it include? Like previous revisions, the new edition of FAPP carefully re-examines this question to better reflect our changing world. In keeping with the FAP tradition, the text continues to focus on mathematics relevant to consumers, business, history, and social sciences, incorporating a number of content and pedagogical changes, and adding new interactive features on the Web. The result is the ideal liberal arts mathematics text for students who think that mathematics is irrelevant and dull, and for instructors who want their class time to focus on active participation and a real-world approach to problem-solving.
For All Practical Purposes gives you the mathematics tools that will enrich your life beyond the classroom, drawing examples and applications from nature, to science and industry, to economics, finance, and politics.
Offers study tips and tools to help students gain a better understanding of course material. New edition will also include study flashcards for further practice.
An innovative course that offers students an exciting new perspective on mathematics, Mathematical Models with Applications explores the same types of problems that math professionals encounter daily. The modeling process--forming a theory, testing it, and revisiting it based on the results of the test--is critical for learning how to think mathematically. Demonstrating this ability can open up a wide range of educational and professional opportunities for students. Mathematical Models with Applications has been designed for students who have completed Algebra I or Geometry and see this as the final course in their high school mathematics sequence, or who would like additional math preparation before Algebra II. Mathematical Models with Applications ListServ As a service to instructors using Mathematical Models with Applications, a listserv has been designed as a forum to share ideas, ask questions and learn new ways to enhance the learning experience for their students.
Designed for juniors and seniors in high school who have not succeeded using traditional approaches to teaching mathematics, but want to prepare for Algebra II or a College Algebra course" -- Publisher.
Offers study tips and tools to help students gain a better understanding of course material. New edition will also include study flashcards for further practice.
With the emphasis the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) places on modeling, Modeling With Mathematics: A Fourth Year Course (Fourth Year 2e) addresses these modeling requirements while exploring how mathematics is ever-present in solving real-world problems. Intended for students fulfilling a fourth year math credit, the Fourth Year 2e program helps solidify students’ understanding by providing a different kind of learning experience. With Fourth Year 2e students model real-world applications with a functions approach netting a deeper grasp of the important concepts necessary for success on the forthcoming Common Core assessments.
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