Introductory Algebra (4th Edition) | List Price: $134.67
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Binding: Hardcover
Love the book... but don't buy it. All you need is the access code! [Posted on 2007-08-15]
This is a great text. The one semester I taught out of it, I thought it was fantastic. And then I discovered CourseCompass/MyMathLab multimedia software that accompanies (or better yet replaces) this text. I will never require the paper text again!
After purchasing an access code for MyMathLab, stuents can read this text online, work interactive mastery problem sets, and view video clips to help with problems. Using the software is like working with a tutor. Students get immediate feedback as well as helpful hints and even worked examples. They will never run out of practice problems because the software randomly generates them.
Homework is graded automatically, and yes, that's less work for me. But more importantly, I get honest easy-to-interperite feedback about my students' performace. I can see exactly what my students are struggling with and WHY. For the students who don't do the homework, there is no way to blame their poor exams scores on the text, the instructor, the phase of the moon, or whatever excuse may come to mind. I can see that they didn't do the homework. For the students who ARE doing the homework, I can see what they're missing and allocate some review time for it.
Sure, we COULD tally up how many students missed which question on the written homework we've carefully graded before every class period. But every minute spent grading is sixty seconds taken away from teaching. With MyMathLab, teachers have all the data on student performance they could ever dream of, and no teaching time is sacrificed to get it.
Homework assignments are customizable with a simple point-and-click interface. You decide your due dates, you pick your problems and your topics. If you want to start your class with a mixture of problems from chapters two and ten (for example), you can create a homework assignment with exactly those topics. And all the problems are wonderful, just like the problems in the paper text.
Teachers, if you aren't using the software version of this text, your students are missing out and you're spending needless energy on grading.
Students, if your teacher doesn't require the access code, buy it anyway. You can work problems online from a "generic" course, and your efforts will be directly reflected in your grade. Studying with the software is so easy and enjoyable (compared to traditional pencil and paper work) that you'll wonder why you ever had trouble with math.
This software could honestly stand on its own as an online course, but it can also reinforce the content delivered in a traditional lecture. Whether used as a central or tangental component of the class , it will be beneficial.
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