Investigating College Algebra and Trigonometry with Technology with Trigonometry Chapters 12 and 13 Student CD-Rom and Access Code Card (Key Curriculum Press)

Technology and an investigative pedagogy are powerful tools forfostering in-depth understanding of mathematics concepts. Investigating College Algebra and Trigonometry withTechnology presents the core concepts of College Algebra andTrigonometry within a technology-oriented, data-driven, appliedframework that embraces investigative, collaborativelearning.  With this text, students use graphingcalculators, and optionally Microsoft® Excel and othertechnologies, to explore patterns and to make, test, and generalizeconjectures. Most importantly, investigations?which engagestudents in analysis of real-world data?promote collaborationand bring relevance to the mathematics students are learning.

The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges(AMATYC) and the Mathematical Association of America?sCommittee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics (CUPM) setstandards for meaningful and relevant mathematics and therefocusing of the College Algebra and Trigonometry course. Thistext follows their recommendations for using technology,experiencing varied applications of mathematics, and havingopportunities to solve problems, reason critically, exhibitpersistence, and test conjectures through investigations and dataanalysis.