Beginning and Intermediate Alg

The calculator is required - it is not optional. Calculator instruction is keyed to the TI-83 - TI 86. The approach throughout the text is fourfold: NUMERICAL, specifically through the use of tables; GRAPHICAL, done both on graph paper and with the graphing calculator, also providing the student with opportunities to model data and to interpret models; SYMBOLIC, which helps the student link the numerical and graphical; and finally VERBAL, where students are required to express mathematical concepts in their own words.

Bonnie Hodge received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mathematics from Troy State University in Alabama. She currently teaches full time at Austin Peay State University.

R. David Gustafson is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Rock Valley College in Illinois and has also taught extensively at Rockford College and Beloit College. He is coauthor of several best-selling mathematics textbooks, including Gustafson/Frisk/Hughes' COLLEGE ALGEBRA, Gustafson/Karr/Massey's BEGINNING ALGEBRA, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: A COMBINED APPROACH, and the Tussy/Gustafson and Tussy/Gustafson/Koenig developmental mathematics series. His numerous professional honors include Rock Valley Teacher of the Year and Rockford's Outstanding Educator of the Year. He has been very active in AMATYC as a Midwest Vice-president and has been President of IMACC, AMATYC's Illinois affiliate. He earned a Master of Arts from Rockford College in Illinois, as well as a Master of Science from Northern Illinois University.