Elementary and Intermediate Algebra A Combined Course - Hardcover

Larson; Hostetler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618753540 ISBN 13: 9780618753543

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Synopsis

Developed to prepare students in the combined elementary and intermediate algebra course for a college-level curriculum, Elementary and Intermediate 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 Chaptersincludes 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

Ron Larson received his PhD. in mathematics from the University of Colorado and has been a professor of mathematics at The Pennsylvania State University since 1970. He has pioneered the use of multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored over 30 software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson has also conducted numerous seminars and in-service workshops for math teachers around the country about using computer technology as a teaching tool and motivational aid. His Interactive Calculus (a complete text on CD-ROM) received the 1996 Texty Award for the most innovative mathematics instructional material at the college level, and it was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the Internet.<br /><br />Bob Hostetler received his PhD. in Mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University in 1970. He has taught at Penn State for many years and has authored several calculus, precalculus, and intermediate algebra textbooks. His teaching specialties include remedial algebra, calculus, and math education, and his research interests include mathematics education and textbooks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618753540
• ISBN 13: 9780618753543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 960