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Offering a uniquely modern, balanced approach, Tussy/Gustafson/Koenig's PREALGEBRA, Fourth Edition, integrates the best of traditional drill and practice with the best elements of the reform movement. To many developmental math students, algebra is like a foreign language. They have difficulty translating the words, their meanings, and how they apply to problem solving. Emphasizing the "language of algebra," the text's fully integrated learning process is designed to expand students' reasoning abilities and teach them how to read, write, and think mathematically. It blends instructional approaches that include vocabulary, practice, and well-defined pedagogy with an emphasis on reasoning, modeling, communication, and technology skills. * The Instructor''s Resource Binder is an excellent resource for seasoned instructors and those new to the course. These insightful teaching guides cover each section of the main text, providing instruction tips, examples, activities, worksheets, overheads, assessments, and solutions. The kit also integrates the authors'' philosophy, helping adjuncts successfully teach with this unique approach.
* The authors'' proven five-step problem-solving strategy teaches students to analyze the problem, form a plan, solve the problem, state the conclusion, and check the result. This step-by-step approach clarifies the thought process and mathematical skills necessary to solve a wide variety of problems - which bolsters student confidence and sharpens problem-solving skills.
* Combining the best of traditional and reform approaches, PREALGEBRA, Fourth Edition, focuses on adequate skill development while emphasizing applications and interpretation of visual data, conceptual development, and problem solving. The text utilizes creative applications, a unique learning system, and an emphasis on the language of mathematics.
* The applications have been the most well-received aspect of the text. Practical and relevant, the text''s real-world emphasis is integrated throughout, including study set applications, chapter openers, and in-text examples. Real-life applications are presented from a number of disciplines, including science, business, economics, manufacturing, entertainment, history, art, music, and mathematics.
* Saving you time and improving students'' results, WebAssign is the most widely used homework system in higher education - and it''s integrated with the text. It allows you to assign, collect, grade, and record homework assignments via the web. It algorithmically generates variables in questions and provides question-specific student-support materials: electronic files from relevant parts of the textbook, videos of a similar exercise, active examples with worked out solutions, and robust tutorials.
* The authors'' proven five-step problem-solving strategy teaches students to analyze the problem, form a plan, solve the problem, state the conclusion, and check the result. This step-by-step approach clarifies the thought process and mathematical skills necessary to solve a wide variety of problems - which bolsters student confidence and sharpens problem-solving skills.
* Combining the best of traditional and reform approaches, PREALGEBRA, Fourth Edition, focuses on adequate skill development while emphasizing applications and interpretation of visual data, conceptual development, and problem solving. The text utilizes creative applications, a unique learning system, and an emphasis on the language of mathematics.
* The applications have been the most well-received aspect of the text. Practical and relevant, the text''s real-world emphasis is integrated throughout, including study set applications, chapter openers, and in-text examples. Real-life applications are presented from a number of disciplines, including science, business, economics, manufacturing, entertainment, history, art, music, and mathematics.
* Saving you time and improving students'' results, WebAssign is the most widely used homework system in higher education - and it''s integrated with the text. It allows you to assign, collect, grade, and record homework assignments via the web. It algorithmically generates variables in questions and provides question-specific student-support materials: electronic files from relevant parts of the textbook, videos of a similar exercise, active examples with worked out solutions, and robust tutorials.
