Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus - Softcover

Connally, Eric; Hughes-Hallett, Deborah; Gleason, Andrew M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118583191 ISBN 13: 9781118583197

Publisher: Wiley, 2015

Synopsis

The fifth edition of Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 5th Edition helps instructors motivate concepts, and students develop critical thinking skills. Functions Modeling Change, 5th edition, is designed to accomplish the main goals of the Precalculus course: to build a solid mathematical foundation and prepare students for Calculus. The authors achieve this by focusing on a small number of key topics, thereby emphasizing depth of understanding rather than breadth of coverage. Functions Modeling Change, 5th edition, presents each function symbolically, numerically, graphically and verbally (the Rule of Four). Additionally, a large number of real-world applications, examples, and problems enable students to create mathematical models that relate to the world around them.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Connally is the director of engineering for the Mathematics Consortium Working Group. He grew up in Texas and moved to Massachusetts after graduating from Cornell University. He has taught math and developed new math curricula at Harvard College, Harvard Extension School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Wellesley College. In 2005, he was given the Petra T. Shattuck Award For Excellence in Teaching. He is a member of a consortium of mathematicians and math educators who have published numerous widely adopted math texts. He has also worked as a software engineer at Elytics, Inc.

Deborah Hughes-Hallett is the author of Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Andrew M. Gleason is the author of Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Review:

“Additionally, a large number of real-world applications, examples, and problems enable students to create mathematical models that relate to the world around them.”  (Zentralblatt MATH, 1 March 2015)

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1118583191
• ISBN 13: 9781118583197
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 640