xxvi Preface to the Instructor ▲ Interactive Figures bring mathematical concepts to life, helping students see the concepts through directed explorations and purposeful manipulation. These figures, many created by Michael Sullivan III, are assignable in MyMathLab for School and encourage active learning, critical thinking, and conceptual understanding. NEW! For this revision, we added many more interactive figures to the Video & Resource Library. ▲ Mindset Videos and assignable, open-ended exercises foster a growth mindset in students. This material encourages them to maintain a positive attitude about learning, value their own ability to grow, and view mistakes as learning opportunities—so often a hurdle for math students. Pearson eText—The eText is “reflowable” to adapt to use on tablets and smartphones. You can insert your own highlights, notes, and bookmarks. It is also fully accessible using screen-readers. Download the Pearson+ app to access your eText on your smartphone or tablet anytime—even offline. NEW! Study Slides—PowerPoint slides designed for studying! Includes every section of the text. Fully screen-reader accessible. Student Solutions Manual—Fully worked solutions to odd-numbered exercises. Available for download from within MyMathLab for School. MyMathLab for School Instructor Resources Your course is unique. So whether you’d like to build your own assignments, teach multiple sections, or set prerequisites, MyLab gives you the flexibility to easily create your course to fit your needs. Pre-Built Assignments are designed to make the homework experience as effective as possible for students.All of these assignments are fully editable. • NEW! Enhanced Assignments—These section-level assignments have three unique properties: (1) They help keep skills fresh with spaced practice of previously learned concepts. The spaced practice problems are selected from the Retain Your Knowledge problems in the textbook. (2) They have learning aids strategically turned off for some exercises to ensure that students understand how to work the exercises independently. (3) They contain personalized prerequisite skills exercises for gaps identified in the chapter-level Skills Check Quiz. Learning Catalytics—With Learning Catalytics™, you’ll hear from every student when it matters most. You pose a variety of questions in class (choosing from pre-loaded questions— many written by Michael Sullivan III—or questions of your own making) that help students recall ideas, apply concepts, and develop critical-thinking skills. Your students respond using their own smartphones, tablets, or laptops. Accessibility—Pearson works continuously to ensure our products are as accessible as possible to all students. Currently we work toward achieving WCAG 2.0 AA for our existing products (2.1 AA for future products) and Section 508 standards, as expressed in the Pearson Guidelines for Accessible Educational Web Media (https://wps.pearsoned.com/accessibility/). Other instructor resources include: • Mini Lecture Notes contain additional examples and helpful teaching tips for each section of the text. • Instructor Solutions Manual contains worked-out solutions for every exercise in the text. • PowerPoint Lecture Slides are fully editable and included for each section of the text. • TestGen® enables instructors to build, edit, print, and administer tests using a computerized bank of questions developed to cover all the objectives of the text. TestGen is algorithmically based, allowing instructors to create multiple but equivalent versions of the same question or test with the click of a button. Instructors can also modify test bank questions or add new questions. The software and test bank are available for download from Pearson’s online catalog.
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