Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning / Edition 1 available in Paperback
Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 0073406244
- ISBN-13:
- 9780073406244
- Pub. Date:
- 01/11/2013
- Publisher:
- McGraw Hill LLC
- ISBN-10:
- 0073406244
- ISBN-13:
- 9780073406244
- Pub. Date:
- 01/11/2013
- Publisher:
- McGraw Hill LLC
Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning / Edition 1
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Overview
The P.O.W.E.R. Framework
What makes P.O.W.E.R. a unique tool for the classroom? A major challenge in developmental courses is that students at this level struggle with basic study skills and habits. Maybe this is one of their first college courses or perhaps they are adults returning to school after a long absence. Either way, many of the individuals taking this course don’t know how to be good students. Instructors often don’t have the time, the resources or the expertise to teach success skills AND the math concepts. The new team of Messersmith, Perez and Feldman offer a scientifically based approach to meet this challenge. The P.O.W.E.R. Learning Framework was developed by successful author, psychologist, student success instructor and researcher, Bob Feldman. It is a method of accomplishing any task using five simple and consistent steps. Prepare. Organize. Work. Evaluate. Rethink. This framework is integrated at every level of the text to help students successfully learn math concepts while at the same time developing habits that will serve them well throughout their college careers and in their daily lives.The Math
Mastering Concepts—With the textbook and Connect Math hosted by ALEKS, students can practice and master their understanding of algebraic concepts.Messersmith is rigorous enough to prepare students for the next level yet easy to read and understand. The exposition is written as if a professor is teaching in a lecture to be more accessible to students. The language is mathematically sound yet easy enough for students to understand.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780073406244 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
| Publication date: | 01/11/2013 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 864 |
| Sales rank: | 898,673 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.10(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
That experience, along with his encounters with many students during his own teaching career, led to a life-long interest in helping students navigate the critical transition that they face at the start of their own college careers. Professor Feldman, who went on to receive a doctorate in psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is now Deputy Chancellor and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is founding director of POWER Up for Student Success, the first-year experience course for incoming students.
Professor Feldman’s proudest professional accomplishment is winning the College Outstanding Teaching Award at UMass. He also has been named a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and was Senior Online Instruction Fellow. He has taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Professor Feldman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award and has written over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and books. His books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese, include Improving the First Year of College: Research and Practice; Understanding Psychology, 12/e; and Development Across the Life Span, 7/e. His research interests encompass the study of honesty and truthfulness in everyday life, development of nonverbal behavior in children, and the social psychology of education. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.
With the last of his three children completing college, Professor Feldman occupies his spare time with pretty decent cooking and earnest, but admittedly unpolished, piano playing. He also loves to travel. He lives with his wife, who is an educational psychologist, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range in western Massachusetts.
Sherri Messersmith has been teaching at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, since 1994. She has over 25 years of experience teaching many different courses from developmental mathematics through calculus. She earned a bachelor of science degree in the teaching of mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and went on to teach at the high level for two years. Sherri returned to UIUC and earned a master of science in applied mathematics and stayed on at the university to teach and coordinate large sections of undergraduate math courses. Sherri has authored several textbook, and she has also appeared in videos accompanying several McGraw-Hill texts.Sherri lives outside of Chicago with her husband, Phil, and their daughters, Alex and Cailen. In her precious free time, she likes to read, play the guitar, and travel — the manuscripts for this and her previous books have accompanied her from Spain to Greece and many points in between.
Table of Contents
Basic College Mathematics with P.O.W.E.R. Learning, First Edition
Chapter 1: Addition and Subtraction with Whole Numbers
Study Strategies: The P.O.W.E.R. Framework
Section 1.1: Whole Numbers and Place Value
Section 1.2Introduction to Addition
Section 1.3Adding Whole Numbers
Section 1.4Introduction to Subtraction
Section 1.5Subtracting Whole Numbers
Putting It All Together
Section 1.6Rounding and Estimation
Section 1.7Reading Pictographs, Bar Graphs, and Line Graphs
emPOWERme: Who’s in
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Test
Chapter 2: Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers
Study Strategies: Strategies for Reading Math (and Other) Textbooks
Section 2.1Introduction to Multiplication
Section 2.2Finding the Product with Whole Numbers
Section 2.3Introduction to Division
Section 2.4Divisibility Rules and Short Division
Section 2.5Long Division
Putting It All Together
Section 2.6Exponents, Roots, and Order of Operations
Section 2.7 Solving Applied Problems
emPOWERme: Discover Your Reading Attention Span
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-2
Chapter 3: Multiplying, Dividing, and Simplifying Fractions
Study Strategies: Time Management
Section 3.1Introduction to Fractions
Section 3.2Mixed Numbers
Section 3.3Factors
Section 3.4Writing Fractions in Lowest Terms
Section 3.5Multiplying Fractions
Section 3.6Applications of Multiplication
Section 3.7Dividing Fractions
Putting It All Together
Section 3.8Multiplying and Dividing Mixed Numbers
emPOWERme: Find Your Procrastination Quotient
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Study Strategies: Taking Notes in Class
Section 4.1Adding and Subtracting Like Fractions
Section 4.2Least Common Multiples
Section 4.3Finding the Least Common Denominator
Section 4.4Adding and Subtracting Unlike Fractions
Section 4.5Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Putting It All Together
Section 4.6Order Relations and Order of Operations
emPOWERme: Active Listening
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1 – 4
Chapter 5: Decimals
Study Strategies: Taking Math Tests
Section 5.1Reading and Writing Decimals
Section 5.2Rounding Decimals
Section 5.3Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Section 5.4Multiplying Decimals
Section 5.5Dividing Decimals and Order of Operations
Putting It All Together
Section 5.6Writing Fractions as Decimals
Section 5.7Mean, Median, and Mode
emPOWERme: Is Anxiety the Hardest Problem on the Test?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 5 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-5
Chapter 6: Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
Study Strategies: Doing Math Homework
Section 6.1Ratios
Section 6.2Rates
Section 6.3Proportions
Section 6.4Solve Proportions
Section 6.5Solve Applied Problems Involving Proportions
emPOWERme: The Right Approach to Homework
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 6 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-6
Chapter 7: Measurement and Conversion
Study Strategies: The Writing Process
Section 7.1Using U.S. Customary Measurements
Section 7.2The Metric System: Length
Section 7.3The Metric System: Capacity and Weight (Mass)
Section 7.4Solve Applied Problems Involving Metric Units
Section 7.5Metric – U.S. Customary Conversions and Temperature
emPOWERme: Becoming a Math Teacher to Reinforce Your Own Understanding
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 7 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-7
Chapter 8: Percents
Study Strategies: Public Speaking
Section 8.1Introduction to Percent
Section 8.2Percents and Fractions
Section 8.3Compute Basic Percents Mentally
Section 8.4Use an Equation to Solve Percent Problems
Section 8.5Solve Applications Involving Percents
Putting It All Together
Section 8.6More Applications with Percents
Section 8.7Simple Interest
Section 8.8Compound Interest
emPOWERme: What’s Your Level of Self-Consciousness?
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 8 Test
Cumulative Review for Chapters 1-8