This title is out of print. Availability This title is out of print. Description Elayn Martin-Gay's developmental math textbooks and video resources are motivated by her firm belief that every student can succeed. Several special types of exercises throughout the text give students the practice they need: NEW!
Vocabulary and Readiness Exercises appear at the beginning of most exercise sets. Mixed Practice Exercises require students to determine the problem types and the strategies needed to solve them. In doing so, students need to think about the correct problem solving methodology, just as they would need to do on a test. Concept Extension Exercises require students to combine several skills and concepts to solve a problem.
Section 1. Study Skills Builders provide a continuous thread of study skill development throughout the text like a built-in study skills workbook. These are included in the end-of-section exercises to reinforce the ideas introduced in Section 1. All Martin-Gay videos are closed-captioned in both English and Spanish. The video program includes: The Chapter Test Prep Videos help students during their most teachable moment—when they are preparing for a test.
This Martin-Gay innovation provides step-by-step solutions for the exercises found in each Chapter Test and is included with every new copy of the book. Interactive DVD Lecture Series also available on CD-ROM :This comprehensive video resource, offers a new, easy-to-use navigation menu that helps students quickly find and focus on the examples and exercises that they need.
Students will find the following resources: A complete lecture for each section of the text highlights key examples and exercises from the text. After a student selects an answer from several multiple choice options, Martin-Gay explains why the answer was correct or incorrect. Study Skill Builder videos reinforce the study skills-related skills and concepts found in Section 1. Complete solutions on video for all exercises from the Practice Final Exam located in the appendix of the text help students prepare for the real thing.
Also, Overview segments review key problem-solving strategies. A Practice Final Exam has been added as an appendix to the text to help students prepare for the end-of-the-course exam. A Three-Point System of instruction and reinforcement provides students with ample opportunities to learn and practice, making the text a valuable learning tool. Clear, accessible Examples introduce each topic.
Practice Exercises are paired with each example. End-of-Chapter material offers students a wealth of review- and retention-oriented material to reinforce the concepts presented in current and previous chapters. Vocabulary Check exercises ensure that students understand key terms.
Chapter Highlights contain key definitions and concepts with examples to help students understand and retain what they have learned, while also helping them to organize their notes and prepare for tests. The Chapter Review offers exercises keyed to every section in the chapter, as well asnew Mixed Review exercises that combine objectives from various sections.
The Chapter Test includes exercises that expose common student errors. Students can watch Elayn Martin-Gay work through the step-by-step solutions to all Chapter Test exercises on the Chapter Test Prep Video included with every new student text. New to This Edition. New and Updated Features: Several new types of exercises have been added to the exercise sets: Vocabulary and Readiness Exercises appear at the beginning of most exercise sets.
Study Skills Builders help students improve their study skills and take responsibility for their own part of the learning process. Mixed Review Exercises have been added to the Chapter Review exercise sets. A Three-point System of instruction and reinforcement provides students with ample opportunities to learn and practice—and makes the text a more valuable learning tool. MyMathLab enhancements include: Increased number of exercises in MyMathLab including Chapter Review exercises gives students more practice opportunities than ever before.
Vocabulary Check animations provide interactive vocabulary exercises. Translating Word Problems Animations help students practice the translation step of solving word problems. Lecture podcasts for video lectures allow students to watch the videos whenever and wherever they are studying. Worksheets for Classroom or Lab Practice offer extra practice exercises for every section of the text, with ample space for students to show their work.
They are highlighted in a box for quick reference and, as appropriate, an indicator line is used to precisely identify the particular part of a problem or concept being discussed. For instance, see pages and Technology Note. Generally found in the margin, technology notes contain specific suggestions for problem solving with technology.
They also contain notes on extra features students might find available on their graphing utilities. Visual Reinforcement of Concepts. The text contains numerous graphics, models, and illustrations to visually clarify and reinforce concepts.
These include new and updated bar graphs and circle graphs in two and three dimensions, line graphs, calculator screens, application illustrations, photographs, and geometric figures. There are now approximately 1, figures. Real World Chapter Openers.
The new two-page chapter opener focuses on how math is used in a specific career, provides links to the World Wide Web, and references a "Spotlight on Decision Making" feature within the chapter for further exploration of the career and the relevance of algebra.
For example, look at the opener for Chapter 4. The opening pages also contain a list of section titles and an introduction to the mathematics to be studied together with mathematical connections to previous chapters in the text.
Student Resource Icons. These icons help remind students that these learning aids are available should they choose to use them to review concepts and skills at their own pace. These items have direct correlation to the text and emphasize the text's methods of solution.
Chapter Highlights. Found at the end of each chapter, the Chapter Highlights contain key definitions, concepts, and examples to help students understand and retain what they have learned.
Chapter Project. This feature occurs at the end of each chapter, often serving as a chapter wrap-up. For individual or group completion, the mufti-part Chapter Project, usually hands-on or data based, allows students to problem solve, make interpretations, and to think and write about algebra.
In addition, a reference to alternative or additional Real World Activities is given. This internet option invites students to find and retrieve real data for use in solving problems. Functional Use of Color and New Design. Elements of this text are highlighted with color or design to make it easier for students to read and study. Special care has been taken to use color within solutions to examples or in the art to help clarify, distinguish, or connect concepts.
For example, look at page in Section 8. Each text section ends with an exercise set, usually divided into two parts. Both parts contain graded exercises. The first part is carefully keyed to at least one worked example in the text. Once a student has gained confidence in a skill, the second part contains exercises not keyed to examples.
Throughout the text exercises there is an emphasis on data and graphical interpretation via tables, charts, and graphs. The ability to interpret data and read and create a variety of types of graphs is developed gradually so students become comfortable with it. Similarly, throughout the text there is integration of geometric concepts, such as perimeter and area.
Exercises and examples marked with a geometry icon have been identified for convenience. Spotlight on Decision Making. These unique new, specially designed applications help students develop their decision-making and problem-solving abilities, skills useful in mathematics and in life.
Appropriately placed before an exercise set begins, students have an opportunity to immediately practice and reinforce basic algebraic concepts found in the accompanying section in relevant, accessible contexts. There is an emphasis on workplace or job-related career situations such as the decisions of a Meteorologist in Section 2.
Mental Mathematics. These problems are found at the beginning of many exercise sets. They are mental warm-ups that reinforce concepts found in the accompanying section and increase students' confidence before they tackle an exercise set.
By relying on their own mental skills, students increase not only their confidence in themselves but also their number sense and estimation ability. Writing Exercises. These exercises now found in almost every exercise set are marked with a pencil icon.
They require students to assimilate information and provide a written response to explain concepts or justify their thinking. Writing opportunities also occur within features such as Spotlight on Decision Making and Chapter Projects.
Data and Graphical Interpretation. Throughout the text there is an emphasis on data interpretation in exercises via tables, bar charts, line graphs, or circle graphs.
The ability to interpret data and read and create a variety of graphs is developed gradually so students become comfortable with it. Review Exercises. These exercises occur in each exercise set except for those in Chapter 1. These problems are keyed to earlier sections and review concepts learned earlier in the text that are needed in the next section or in the next chapter.
These exercises show the links between earlier topics and later material. A Look Ahead. These exercises occur at the end of some exercise sets. This section contains examples and problems similar to those found in a subsequent algebra course. In addition to the approximately 5, exercises within sections, exercises may also be found in the Vocabulary Checks, Chapter Reviews, Chapter Tests, and Cumulative Reviews. Vocabulary Checks. Vocabulary checks, new to this edition, provide an opportunity for students to become more familiar with the use of mathematical terms as they strengthen their verbal skills.
Chapter Review and Chapter Test. The end of each chapter contains a review of topics introduced in the chapter. The review problems are keyed to sections. The chapter test is not keyed to sections. Cumulative Review. Each chapter after the first contains a cumulative review of all chapters beginning with the first up through the chapter at hand.
Each problem contained in the cumulative review is actually an earlier worked example in the text that is referenced in the back of the book along with the answer.
Students who need to see a complete worked-out solution, with explanation, can do so by turning to the appropriate example in the text. This new edition retains many of the factors that have contributed to its success. Even so, every section of the text was carefully re-examined.
Throughout the new edition you will find numerous new applications, examples, and many real-life applications and exercises. For example, look at Sections 2. Some sections have internal re-organization to better clarify and enhance the presentation. Increased Integration of Geometry Concepts. In addition to the traditional topics in algebra courses, this text contains a strong emphasis on problem solving, and geometric concepts are integrated throughout. The geometry concepts presented are those most important to a student's understanding of algebra, and I have included many applications and exercises devoted to this topic.
These are marked with the geometry icon. Also, geometric figures, a review of angles, lines, and special triangles, are covered in the appendices.
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