An Electronic Companion to Precalculus¿ [Paperback]

Charles McKeague (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1888902957 | ISBN-13: 978-1888902952 | Publication Date: September 25, 1998

This is a multimedia study guide that will help you achieve better grades. Developed by prominent educators and researchers, this will complement any precalculus text.

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About the Author

Charles P. McKeague is owner of XYZ Textbooks and the author of 11 successful books in developmental mathematicsC. Patrick McKeague is Assistant Editor of Mathematics at XYZ Textbooks Denny Burzynski is instructor of mathematics at West Valley State Community College, Saratoga, CA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Cogito (September 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888902957
• ISBN-13: 978-1888902952
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,014,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles P. "Pat" McKeague earned his B.A. in Mathematics from California State University, Northridge, and his M.S. in Mathematics from Brigham Young University. A well-known author and respected educator, he is a full-time writer and a part-time instructor at Cuesta College. He has published twelve textbooks in mathematics covering a range of topics from basic mathematics to trigonometry. An active member of the mathematics community, Professor McKeague is a popular speaker at regional conferences, including the California Mathematics Council for Community Colleges, the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Texas Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges, the New Mexico Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges, and the National Association for Developmental Education. He is a member of the American Mathematics Association for Two-Year Colleges, the Mathematics Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the California Mathematics Council for Community Colleges.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rave reviews, May 3, 2000

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This review is from: An Electronic Companion to Precalculus¿ (Paperback)

An excellent study aid. My students gave it rave reviews!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Precalculus with examples of actual applications., October 29, 2006

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This introduction to precalculus includes an ample amount of homework problems, but just as important, it includes problems that convey to the student how such math is used to solve problems in real-life situations that they can relate to. As an example, using the basic concepts of matrix algebra, the book gives real-life situations and problems which shows how such math concepts are immediately applicable (such as understanding how electric circuits work, chenical equations, computer graphics, etc.) . This same approach is used to describe trigonometric concepts and how they can be immediately used to solve practical problems. The companion CD also helps immensely in bringing these abstract ideas to real day applications in life.

It is a sad fact of American education in math and physics (from grammar levels to university level) that so much emphasis is limited soley to the rote memorization of formulas and plugging in of values as required by without any regard to the students' understanding of how this math which is learned is the underpinning of so much of how we understand how the physical world operates around us. This is the primary reason why so many high school students in the U.S. are loathe to pursue mathematics in university: they were never taught to appreciate how mathematics explains so much of the world around us in so many areas (economics, physics, electronics, you name it).