Basic Mathematics for College Students (Available Titles CourseMate)

Offering a uniquely modern, balanced approach, Tussy/Gustafson/Koenig's BASIC MATHEMATICS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, Fourth Edition, integrates the best of traditional drill and practice with the best elements of the reform movement. To many developmental math students, mathematics is like a foreign language. They have difficulty translating the words, their meanings, and how they apply to problem solving. Emphasizing the "language of mathematics," 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. Booknews This text/CD-ROM package provides a review of arithmetic and geometry and introduces some fundamental algebraic concepts, using a blend of traditional and reform approaches. Pedagogy includes vocabulary, notation, and writing problems as well as practice exercises and application problems. Use of calculators is optional. This second edition contains new examples and problems that involve real-life data and new group assignments, and adds more art and diagrams to help the visual learner. This text can be used in lecture, laboratory, and self-study formats. Tussy is affiliated with Citrus College. Gustafson is affiliated with Rock Valley College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)