Finite Mathematics /Ap Calc - Hardcover

Stefan Waner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534419690 ISBN 13: 9780534419691

Publisher: Brooks Cole

Synopsis

Capturing student interest with a wealth of relevant, real world applications, Stefan Waner and Steven Costenoble's FINITE MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED CALCULUS, 4th Edition makes the material come alive for students! Providing maximum flexibility with the use of technology, the book integrates the use of spreadsheets and graphing calculators with instructions for Microsoft. Excel. and the TI-83. This technology material is clearly delineated so instructors can use as much or as little as they would like for their course. The popular accompanying website also provides a wealth of interactive tutorials, exercises, and online support. Connecting with all types of teaching and learning styles, Waner/Costenoble supports a wide range of instructional from traditional lecture to a hybrid course to distance learning.

About this title

About the Author

Stefan Waner and Steven R. Costenoble both received their Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, having studied several years apart with the same advisor, J. Peter May. Their paths merged when Steven joined Stefan at Hofstra University in 1987; since then they have coauthored 15 research papers in algebraic topology. By the early 1990s they had become dissatisfied with many of the Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus textbooks. They wanted textbooks that were more readable and relevant to students' interests, containing examples and exercises that were interesting, and reflected the interactive approaches and techniques they found worked well with their own students. It therefore seemed natural to extend their research collaboration to a joint textbook writing project that expressed these ideals. To this day they continue to work together on their textbook projects, their research in algebraic topology, and their teaching.

Review

"I love the Question and Answer paragraphs. They pinpoint key ideas and offer clear explanations of why things are done in a particular way. Moreover, as a teaching tool, the instructor can emphasize to the students that these are the types of questions they should ask themselves whenever they are reading or listening to any mathematical presentation. If they can't come up with the answers themselves, it is an indication they need more work or need to get help from their instructor."

"The communication exercises are well thought out. They are more than just "state in your own words" type questions. They can make students think more deeply about the ideas and processes and learn to express themselves in the terminology of mathematics."

"The examples are in general very good. They both illustrate key ideas and then often expand on them leading to more in depth discussions following the example. The follow up "Before we go on..." discussions are excellent and are, to me, along with the Question and Answer format paragraphs, the real highlight and selling point of the text."

"The exercises are outstanding. There are enough mechanical problems to let the student perfect technique, yet the real strength is the application problems, which by their nature, provide understandable insight into how mathematics permeates modern life. The application problems are quite varied and inherently interesting. Being able to see why a technique is useful is often just the motivation some students need to really try to understand it."

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534419690
• ISBN 13: 9780534419691
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3