Basic Mathematical Skills with Geometry, 8th Edition [ AskingBits ]

Basic Mathematical Skills with Geometry, 8th Edition [ AskingBits ]




Hutchison's Basic Mathematical Skills with Geometry, 8th Edition by Stefan Baratto, Barry Bergman
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0073384178 | 832 pages | PDF | 27 MB


Preface: Letter from the Authors
Dear Colleagues,
We believe the key to learning mathematics, at any level, is active participation! We have revised our textbook series to specifically emphasize GROWING MATH SKILLS through active learning. Students who are active participants in the learning process have a greater opportunity to construct their own mathematical ideas and make stronger connections to concepts covered in their course. This participation leads to better understanding, retention, success, and confidence.



In order to grow student math skills, we have integrated features throughout our textbook series that reflect our philosophy. Specifically, our chapter opening vignettes and an array of section exercises relate to a singular topic or theme to engage students while identifying the relevance of mathematics.

The Check Yourself exercises, which include optional calculator references, are designed to keep students actively engaged in the learning process. Our exercise sets include application problems as well as challenging and collaborative writing exercises to give students more opportunity to sharpen their skills.

Originally formatted as a work-text, this textbook allows students to make use of the margins where exercise answer space is available to further facilitate active learning. This makes the textbook more than just a reference. Many of these exercises are designed for insight to generate mathematical thought while reinforcing continual practice and mastery of topics being learned. Our hope is that students who uses our textbook will grow their mathematical skills and become better mathematical thinkers as a result.

As we developed our series, we recognized that the use of technology should not be simply a supplement, but should be an essential element in learning mathematics. We understand that these “millennial students” are learning in different modes than just a few short years ago. Attending course lectures is not the only demand these students face—their daily schedules are pulling them in more directions than ever before. To meet the needs of these students, we have developed videos to better explain key mathematical concepts throughout the textbook. The goal of these videos is to provide students with a better framework—showing them how to solve a speci? c mathematical topic, regardless of their classroom environment (online or traditional lecture). The videos serve as refreshers or preparatory tools for classroom lecture and are available in several formats, including iPOD/MP3 format, to accommodate the different ways students access information.

Finally, with our series focus on growing math skills, we strongly believe that ALEKS® software can truly help students to remediate and grow their math skills given its adaptiveness. ALEKS is available to accompany our textbooks to help build proficiency. ALEKS has helped our own students to identify mathematical skills they have mastered and skills where remediation is required. Thank you for using our textbook! We look forward to learning of your success!