Introductory Algebra

by: Lial, Margaret L.; Hornsby, John; McGinnis, Terry

ISBN 13:
9780321870483
ISBN 10:
0321870484
Edition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/21/2012
Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

The Support You Need to Succeedâ€¦Even on the Go! The Lial Serieshas helped thousands of students succeed in developmental mathematics by providing the best learning and teaching support to students and instructors. With the new editions, the approachable writing and pedagogy, varied exercise sets, and robust ancillary resources have been updated. Teaching and Learning Experience To provide a better teaching and learning experience, for both instructors and students, this program will: Improve Results:MyMathLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed and provides engaging experiences that personalize learning. Drive Student Success:The Lial team combines approachable writing with supportive pedagogy, ample exercise sets, and extensive end of chapter material to ensure student success. Support Students and Instructors:Beyond the core support in the text and MyMathLab, the program offers additional supplemental student and instructor support.

Marge Lial became interested in math at an early age—it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, was affiliated with American River College. An avid reader and traveler, her travel experiences often found their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She was particularly interested in archeology; trips to various digs and ruin sites produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan. We dedicate the new editions of the paperback developmental math series to Marge in honor of her contributions to the field in which she helped thousands of students succeed.

When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for both teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. John's personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh). He has been a rabid baseball fan all of his life. John's other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

A native Midwesterner, Terry McGinnis received her Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education with a concentration in Mathematics from Iowa State University. She has taught elementary and middle school mathematics, and developed and implemented the curriculum used with her students. Terry has been involved in college mathematics publishing for over 20 years, working with a variety of authors on textbooks in developmental mathematics and precalculus. After working behind the scenes on many of the Lial/Hornsby textbooks and supplements for over 10 years, Terry joined Margaret Lial and John Hornsby in 2002 as coauthor of their developmental mathematics series that includes Introductory Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Introductory and Intermediate Algebra. When not working, Terry enjoys spinning at a local health club, walking, and reading fiction. She is the devoted mother of two sons, Andrew and Tyler.