Synopsis
If you've ever wondered, "What is algebra good for? Alice Kaseberg will help you answer this age-old question with her respected text. INTERMEDIATE ALBEGRA, FOURTH EDITION, uses guided discovery, explorations, and problem solving to help you learn new concepts and strengthen the retention of new skills. Known for an informal, interactive style that makes algebra more accessible while maintaining mathematical accuracy, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, FOURTH EDITION, includes a host of learning tools that work together to help you succeed. A robust website and Enhanced WebAssign support you with practice problems, end-of-chapter problems that incorporate figures, examples, and quizzes that provide immediate feedback on your progress.
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Alice Kaseberg combines 30 years of secondary school and community college teaching experience with an avid mathematical curiosity, constantly seeking to answer the commonly asked question, "What is mathematics good for?" Her BA in Business Administration, MA in Mathematics, and MS in Engineering Science reflect her keen interest in academics and mathematics applications. She began her career as a teacher in Australia. Then, as a junior high teacher, she class-tested materials from the Mathematics Resource Project, Lane County Math Project, School Mathematics Project (of Great Britain), and Bob Wirtz's Drill and Practice at the Problem Solving Level. Her mentors were early advocates of the discovery approach, laboratory activities, and membership/involvement in professional organizations. Kaseberg has always reached out to mathematics students in a variety of situations. She was a high school teacher for the hearing impaired, where she taught contrasting classes such as Advanced Placement Calculus and remedial mathematics. Always eager to take on new projects, she organized weekly problem-solving activities for the entire department. As a community college teacher (15 years), she has taught a range of courses from Beginning Algebra through Calculus, as well as Strength of Materials and Statics in Engineering. While on sabbatical from teaching, she worked 15 months for the EQUALS Project, Berkeley, CA, writing Odds-on-You and coauthoring the EQUALS Handbook. In addition to her teaching at the school and community college level, she has developed and presented numerous workshops on mathematics applications, content strategies, problem solving, art and math, and teaching strategies. Group work and intense participation by attendees characterize her workshops and her classroom. Her goal in writing textbooks is to help students succeed in mathematics, learn how to learn, and become actively aware of the mathematics in their daily lives.
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"We were able to show that our drop-out rates from beginning to intermediate algebra were lower after adopting Kaseberg’s texts."
"I find that students make major strides in their mathematical growth with the use of the Kaseberg text. They especially benefit from the alternate methods for performing mathematical tasks that they have not had success with in the past. Their understanding of the material rises far above that of memorizing a set of steps to perform a procedure. Their intuitive recognition of the properties of mathematical concepts is far broader than when I have used other texts for the course." "The difference between Kaseberg’s Intermediate Algebra and most other algebra texts is that Kaseberg has the problem solving skills interspersed throughout the entire text, not just in the one section and then dropped or at the end of the chapter where it may easily be skipped."
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