The fundamental goal in Tussy and Gustafson's INTRODUCTORY ALGEBRA, Third Edition is to teach students to read, write, and think about mathematics through building a conceptual foundation in the language of mathematics. The book blends instructional approaches that include vocabulary, practice, and well-defined pedagogy, along with an emphasis on reasoning, modeling, communication, and technology skills to develop students' fluency in the "language of algebra". Tussy and Gustafson understand the challenges of teaching developmental students and this book reflects a holistic approach to teaching mathematics that includes developing study skills, problem solving and critical thinking alongside mathematical concepts. New features in this edition include a pretest for students to gauge their understanding of prerequisite concepts, problems that make correlations between student life and the mathematical concepts and study skills information designed to give students the best chance to succeed in the course. Additionally, the texts widely acclaimed Study Sets at the end of every section are tailored to improve students' ability to read, write and communicate mathematical ideas.
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"I like the Tussy/Gustafson model of using short, concise descriptions, blue boxes for rules, and lots of examples to demonstrate the new concepts. My current experience with Martin-Gay is that students complained of being unable to learn from the textbook. They felt that the explanations were not easy to follow and that the examples 'skipped too many steps.' Tussy/Gustafson's 'red reasons' in every example were very helpful, easy to understand, easy to follow, no skips!"
"I believe the Tussy/Gustafson [text] provides a better variety of applications than other texts I am familiar with, and I am particularly impressed with the drawings that accompany many of the applications problems."
"I believe the Tussy/Gustafson [text] provides a better variety of applications than other texts I am familiar with, and I am particularly impressed with the drawings that accompany many of the applications problems."
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Alan Tussy has written nine mathematics books -- a paperback series and a hard cover series. He belongs to the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). He has taught at Citrus College since 1988 in the Mathematics department, educating in many levels of Mathematics from Prealgebra to Differential Equations.
David Gustafson earned a Master of Arts from Rockford College in Illinois, as well as a Master of Science from Northern Illinois University and now teaches at Rock Valley College. He is the co-author of several other best-selling mathematics texts including BEGINNING ALGEBRA, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, and BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: A COMBINED APPROACH. Gustafson is also the recipient of many professional honors, including Rock Valley Teacher of the Year and Rockford's Outstanding Educator of the Year. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
David Gustafson earned a Master of Arts from Rockford College in Illinois, as well as a Master of Science from Northern Illinois University and now teaches at Rock Valley College. He is the co-author of several other best-selling mathematics texts including BEGINNING ALGEBRA, INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, and BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA: A COMBINED APPROACH. Gustafson is also the recipient of many professional honors, including Rock Valley Teacher of the Year and Rockford's Outstanding Educator of the Year. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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