Elementary Algebra - Hardcover

Larson, Ron; Hostetler, Robert P.; Kelly, Patrick M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618753532 ISBN 13: 9780618753536

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 2007

Synopsis

Designed for first-year developmental math students who need support in beginning algebra, Elementary Algebra owes its success to the hallmark features for which the Larson team is known: learning by example, accessible writing style, emphasis on visualization, and comprehensive exercise sets. These pedagogical features are carefully coordinated to ensure that students are better able to make connections between mathematical concepts and understand the content.

The new Student Support Edition continues the Larson tradition of guided learning by incorporating a comprehensive range of student success materials throughout the text. Additionally, instructors and students alike can track progress with HM Assess, a new online diagnostic assessment and remediation tool from Houghton Mifflin.

• New! An extensive student support section, Your Guide to Success in Algebra, contains all the tools the student needs to succeed in the course. Your Guide to Academic Success includes a review of math study skills, learning styles, test-taking strategies, time management tips, unique study strategies, course progress tracker, and comprehensive guides to using the textbook and study aids effectively. Your Guide to the Chapters includes progress trackers that outline each chapter's topics and learning objectives, along with a checklist of all the study aids available for that chapter.
• New! Removable Study Cards provide students with convenient access to common formulas, algebraic properties, conversions, geometric formula study sheets, and more. These study cards enable students to refresh their knowledge quickly anytime, anywhere.
• New! HM Testing (Powered by Diploma) provides instructors with wide array of algorithmic test items, and improved functionality and ease of use, including the ability to author and edit algorithmic questions.
• New! Eduspace Houghton Mifflin's Online Learning Tool (powered by Blackboard), now includes enhanced algorithmic exercises which are supported by a new math symbol palette for inputting free-response answers and are closely correlated to the end of section/chapter exercises. It also includes HM Assess, a new online diagnostic assessment and remediation program that tests the student's understanding of core concepts and develops individual study paths for self-remediation.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Ron Larson is a professor of mathematics at The Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught since 1970. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Colorado and is considered the pioneer of using multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored over 30 software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson conducts numerous seminars and in-service workshops for math educators around the country about using computer technology as an instructional tool and motivational aid. He is the recipient of the 2013 Text and Academic Authors Association Award for CALCULUS, the 2012 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for CALCULUS: AN APPLIED APPROACH, the 2011 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for PRECALCULUS: REAL MATHEMATICS, REAL PEOPLE, and the 1996 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for INTERACTIVE CALCULUS (a complete text on CD-ROM that was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the Internet). Dr. Larson authors numerous textbooks including the best-selling Calculus series published by Cengage Learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618753532
• ISBN 13: 9780618753536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 609