Student Study Guide to accompany Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus
Work more effectively and gauge your progress as you go along with the text This Student Study Guide is designed to accompany Connally's Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus, 2nd Edition . It includes study tips, learning objectives, practice problems, and solutions. The topics are tied directly to the text. From the Calculus Consortium based at Harvard University, Functions Modeling Change, 2nd Edition prepares readers for the study of calculus, presenting families of functions as models for change. These materials stress conceptual understanding and multiple ways of representing mathematical ideas. The focus throughout is on those topics that are essential to the study of calculus and these topics are treated in depth.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0471333999
ISBN13:9780471333999
Release Date:July 2003
Publisher:Wiley
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 10.5"
Customer Reviews
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Wonderful precalculus deep inside the functions and modeling
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I really have difficulties to understand some reviewers given one star for such a wonderfull book. If you read this book before Uni, you will have a stable ground for calculus. All frequently used functions and their practical usage as modelling tools are lucidly explained. I finally know what hyperbolic functions are, I finally know how the path from given data to an appropriate model works. I finally know how can I practically sketch seemingly complex but simple functions. It's strength based on model oriented approach to functions. This has pratical value for all candidate engineers... Without any doubt I'll give five stars to acknowledge the authors.
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Great for understanding functions
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Great book! It is especially good for understanding what different functions do, and how. This is very important for understanding calculus. Great examples, always linking functions with things in real life.
An Excellent Guide to Calculus
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
As a student of one of the books contributing authors, I was able to gain a unique perspective into the material itself. The text was very informative and easy to understand. The real world applications (yams, fruit, the Quabbin Reservoir, etc.) added to the book, but by no means detracted from the overflowing content. I highly recommend this book as a guide to anyone studying calculus.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This textbook is excellent and well-written. Such examples as the ones involving the Quabbin Reservoir brought a realistic approach to the problems into the learning experience. Perhaps I am biased, since the course for which I used the book was taught by one of the authors (Andrew Pasquale), however, I feel that the book itself was invaluable. Many years later and now a college graduate (with a minor in math), I still have distinct memories of the particular problems within the book and the knowledge acquired from the course. I strongly encourage the purchase and usage of this book in a Calculus curriculum.
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