Beginning Algebra - Preliminary Edition - Tapa blanda

McKenna/Kirk's Beginning Algebra, Preliminary Edition, strives to teach math with language that students can understand, while focusing on problem solving, vocabulary, and how topics relate within algebra and the world around them. Building a Foundation: the authors focus on building a strong foundation in algebra through the use of a friendly, conversational writing style, while helping students improve their problem-solving skills, mathematical vocabulary, and mastery of mathematical concepts. Expanding on the Foundation - To help students relate to the material, the authors use real-world applications that are tied to the chapter theme. This theme gives students a common thread to relate the material to as they progress through each chapter. McKenna/Kirk carefully guides readers through an intuitive problem-solving approach called the 4 P's-Prepare, Plan, Process, and Ponder-that teaches students to solve application problems, including the chapter theme applications, in a logical, step-by-step manner. The authors address students' lack of mathematic vocabulary by introducing terminology gradually and using it consistently throughout the text. Chapter features such as Recall and Looking Ahead help students connect important concepts by highlighting previously learned material and previewing topics to come.

Paula McKenna (San Antonio College) is a native Texan who received a B.S. in mathematics, graduating magna cum laude, and an M.S. in mathematics, from the University of Texas at San Antonio. As a young adult she worked in the business world before realizing that she wanted to finish her education. She knew that teaching was her avocation the first day she walked into a classroom. After teaching at her alma mater, she elected to move to the community college classroom and joined the faculty at San Antonio College in 1994. Her motivation to write a developmental mathematics textbook came from her students. Paula is determined to write a text that is both mathematically accurate and easily understood by developmental students. She asked Honey Kirk to join her in this endeavor and they worked together, writing each chapter as they teach it. Honey Kirk (Palo Alto College) received a B.A. in mathematics and psychology from Washington and Jefferson College, an M.A. in education from Pepperdine University, and an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Texas at San Antonio. As an army wife of 30 years, she taught mathematics to all ages in many states, as well as overseas in Germany and Korea. She and her husband are now settled in Texas where Honey is a community college professor at Palo Alto College in San Antonio. As an empty-nester, she decided it was time to incorporate all the great teaching strategies she learned through the years from her students and colleagues and write a series of developmental math textbooks.