John Tobey received his BA in mathematics from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois in 1965, his MA in mathematics education from Harvard University in 1966, and his PhD in mathematics education from Boston University in 1980. He has taught in the mathematics department at the United States Military Academy at West Point and has served as the mathematics Department Chairman at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts for five years. John has served as the president of the New England Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges. He has received the NISOD award for outstanding teaching from the University of Texas at Austin. John is the author of seven mathematics books published by Pearson Education. John has spoken to many mathematics departments and at many professional meetings throughout the country on the topic of developmental mathematics education and distance learning in mathematics. He lives in Massachusetts.
Jeffrey Slater has been a professor at North Shore Community College for thirty-eight years and received the Teacher of the Year in 2002. Jeff travels around the country speaking on student retention and is also a consultant to the Federal Government. He lives in Marblehead, Mass. with his wife Shelley and his yellow lab Gracie.
Jamie Blair has directed the Mathematics Learning Center at Orange Coast College for the past seventeen years. She designed, developed, and implemented the Center, and as a result of this effort has provided technical expertise related to the particulars of the Math Center to numerous other two-year colleges and at many conferences. In 2007 Jamie was appointed to the Team of Basic Skills Specialist by the California State Academic Senate. She is also currently participating on Title 3 committees on her campus. She specializes in teaching students who have never been successful in mathematics. She is an expert in the area of basic skills in relation to the learning needs of students. She lives in California.
How Am I Doing? Guide to Math Success (inside front cover) | |
To the Student | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Diagnostic Pretest | |
Basic Concepts | |
The Real Number System | |
Operations with Real Numbers | |
Powers, Square Roots, and the Order of Operations? | |
How Am I Doing? Sections 1.1-1.3 | |
Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation | |
Operations with Variables and Grouping Symbols | |
Evaluating Variable Expressions and Formulas? | |
Putting Your Skills to Work: Use Math to Save Money | |
Organizer | |
Review Problems? | |
How Am I Doing? | |
Test | |
Linear Equations and Inequalities | |
First-Degree Equations with One Unknown | |
Literal Equations and Formulas | |
Absolute Value Equations | |
Using Equations to Solve Word Problems? | |
How Am I Doing? Sections 2.1-2.4 | |
Solving More-Involved Word Problems | |
Linear Inequalities | |
Compound Inequalities | |
Absolute Value Inequalities? | |
Putting Your Skills to Work: Use Math to Save Money | |
Organizer | |
Review Problems? | |
How Am I Doing? | |
Test? | |
Cumulative Test for Chapters 1-2 | |
Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables and Functions | |
Graphing Linear Equations with Two Unknowns | |
Slope of a Line | |
Graphs and the Equations of a Line? | |
How Am I Doing? Sections 3.1-3.3 | |
Linear Inequalities in Two Variables | |
Concept of a Function | |
Graphing Functions from Equations and Tables of Data? | |
Putting Your Skills to Work: Use Math to Save Money | |
Organizer | |
Review Problems? | |
How Am I Doing? | |
Test? | |
Cumulative Test for Chapters 1&mda | |
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