Calculus: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)

by Paul A. Foerster (Author)

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Product Description

The acclaimed Calculus: Concepts and Applications is now available in a new edition, revised to reflect important changes in the Advanced Placement curriculum, and updated to incorporate feedback from instructors throughout the U.S.

With over 40 years of experience teaching AP Calculus, Paul Foerster developed Calculus: Concepts and Applications with the high school student in mind, but with all the content of a college-level course. Like the previous edition, the second edition follows the AP Calculus curriculum for both AB and BC levels.

In Calculus: Concepts and Applications, students start off with calculus! Review of precalculus occurs at various points when it?s needed. The text combines graphing-calculator technology with a unique, real-world application approach, and presents calculus as a study of just four fundamental concepts: limits, derivatives, definite integrals, and indefinite integrals. Students learn these concepts using algebraic, numerical, graphical, and verbal approaches. As a result, students with a wider range of abilities can be successful in calculus, not just those who are strong in algebra. The accompanying set of Explorations in the Instructor?s Resource Book, designed for cooperative group work, gives students hands-on experience with new topics before they are formally introduced.

In this new edition, derivatives of transcendental functions, related rates, as well as area and volume applications of the definite integral are introduced earlier. Additionally, the Instructor?s Resource Book includes projects utilizing the CBL?, The Geometer?s Sketchpad ", and Fathom Dynamic Statistics? software, giving students extended opportunities to explore and understand calculus in depth.

 

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 775 pages
• Publisher: Key Curriculum Press (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559531177
• ISBN-13: 978-1559531177
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #363,998 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book from an excellent teacher., June 13, 1998

By A Customer

This book made a difficult subject (calculus) easy to understand through its effective use of diagrams, examples, and word problems. I would not have been able to survive Calculus BC AP without it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, May 30, 2003

By A Customer

This was the main textbook used for my Calculus AB class. Its explanations are clear, though sometimes difficult steps in algebraic manipulation are skipped (which may initially confuse but can be figured out after some additional work). The text progresses within each chapter, relying initially on an exploratory section where concepts are not directly stated but figured out through a little guidance with the questions. This first section introduces the readers to the concept being studied in each respective chapter. Then, the information is given in ensuing sections of the chapter. The best part of this text is the "green boxes" which sum up concepts learned, definitions, formulas, etc., which make reviewing for a final exam a much simpler task. It has a simple presentation with few colors, sticking mainly to a light olive green and gray for the pictures and other illustrations. This textbook is a very good tool for calculus students, relying on varied methods of learning and some self-discovery of the subject matter.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it is, December 14, 2008

By	Ashraf Eassa "Ash" (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calculus: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)

The title says it all. This book is designed to be a "textbook" for the AP Calculus AB/BC exams. I think in that respect it succeeds immensely!

My teacher chose this text for our AP Calculus AB class and found it a delight to work with. The concepts were explained clearly, there were enough example problems to get the point across. I did find an occasional "skipped" step which would basically force me to try to fill in the gap, but hey, that helps get the calculus juices flowing, right?

The problems in the book -- which are the cornerstone of any textbook -- are really well designed for what an AP Calculus student should be able to do. There are several kinds of problems. The "quick reviews" are useful for beginning of class warmups (you know, 10 minutes to drill the basics) and the actual problems can vary from easy to challenging (but all within the scope of AP difficulty).

So if you're an AP Calc teacher looking for a class text or a student who wants to self study calculus specifically for the AP exam, then this is, by all means, the text to use. I suggest pairing this with Princeton Review's AP Calculus prep book if you want a 5.