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Thinking Mathematically, 6th Edition

Robert F. Blitzer, Miami Dade College

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Overview

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For courses in liberal arts mathematics

In Thinking Mathematically, Sixth Edition, Bob Blitzer’s distinctive and relatable voice motivates students from diverse backgrounds and majors, engaging them in the math through compelling, real-world applications. Understanding that most students in a liberal arts math course are not math majors, and are unlikely to take another math class, Blitzer has provided tools in every chapter to help them master the material with confidence, while also showing them the beauty and fun of math. The variety of topics and flexibility of sequence make this text appropriate for a one- or two-term course in liberal arts mathematics or general education mathematics.

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MyMathLab improves results and is designed to work hand-in-hand with the book to offer additional practice and learning aids that improve student learning in measurable ways.
Blitzer’s trademark applications keep students motivated and pull from timely real-world events and data.
Learning tools are fueled by Bob Blitzer’s unique background–degrees in psychology and mathematics, plus 30 years of teaching at Miami Dade Community College–giving students what they need to succeed in this course.
Abundant opportunity to practice, with extensive well-organized exercise sets and thorough end-of-chapter material, helps students make the most of their homework and study time.

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Features

MyMathLab improves results and is designed to work hand-in-hand with the book to offer additional practice and learning aids that improve student learning in measurable ways.

Three MyMathLab course options are now available:

The Standard MyMathLab course allows instructors to build their course their way, offering maximum flexibility and control over all aspects of assignment creation.
NEW! A Ready to Go course provides students with all the same great MyMathLab features, but makes it easier for instructors to get started, with pre-made and pre-assigned homework and quizzes.
NEW! An Integrated Review MyMathLab course option provides embedded review of select developmental topics. Assignments are also pre-assigned in this course, including a Skills Check quiz on prerequisite skills needed at the chapter level. Students who prove mastery can move on to the Thinking Mathematically content, while students who need additional review can remediate using videos and Integrated Review worksheets in the new Learning Guide. This course solution can be used in a co-requisite course model, or simply to help underprepared students master prerequisite skills and concepts.

More than 3,000 assignable exercises give students the practice they need to master the material.
Applications questions correlate to Bob Blitzer’s trademark chapter- and section-opening applications, so instructors can be sure that students are using them to learn and think about math.
NEW! Getting Ready exercises are now available in the Standard and Ready to Go MyMathLab courses. These prerequisite skills questions enable students to refresh forgotten concepts.
NEW! Concept and Vocabulary Check questions assess students’ understanding of the definitions and concepts presented in each section. These short-answer exercises precede the exercise sets in the text and are assignable in MyMathLab.
Check Point Videos show instructors working out every Check Point problem in the text to ensure understanding. NEW! Assignable Check Point exercises in MyMathLab correspond to each Check Point video, ensuring that students watched the video and understood the concepts presented.
NEW! MathTalk Videos are fun, application-based videos that connect the math in Blitzer to the real world. Presented by Andrew Vickers on location in New York and Boston, these instructional videos have a sense of humor while demonstrating how everyday life is full of math applications.
Chapter Test Prep Videos show students how to work out solutions to the Chapter Tests in the book, and are available in MyMathLab and on YouTube^™.
NEW! Student Success Module in MyMathLab. This new, interactive module is available in the left-hand navigation of MyMathLab and includes videos, activities, and post-tests for these three student success areas:

Math-Reading Connections, including topics such as Using Word Clues and Looking for Patterns.
Study Skills, including topics such as Time Management and Preparing for and Taking Exams.
College Success, including topics such as College Transition and Online Learning.
Instructors can assign these videos and/or activities as media assignments, along with pre-built post-tests to make sure students learn and understand how to improve their skills in these areas. Instructors can integrate these assignments with their traditional MyMathLab homework assignments to incorporate student success topics into their course as they deem app

New to This Edition

New and updated features

New to the MyMathLab course:

Three MyMathLab course options are now available:

The Standard MyMathLab course allows instructors to build their course their way, offering maximum flexibility and control over all aspects of assignment creation.
NEW! A Ready to Go course provides students with all the same great MyMathLab features, but makes it easier for instructors to get started, with pre-made and pre-assigned homework and quizzes.
NEW! An Integrated Review MyMathLab course option provides embedded review of select developmental topics. Assignments are also pre-assigned in this course, including a Skills Check quiz on prerequisite skills needed at the chapter level. Students who prove mastery can move on to the Thinking Mathematically content, while students who need additional review can remediate using videos and Integrated Review worksheets in the new Learning Guide. This course solution can be used in a co-requisite course model, or simply to help underprepared students master prerequisite skills and concepts.

Getting Ready exercises are now available in the Standard and Ready to Go MyMathLab courses. These prerequisite skills questions enable students to refresh forgotten concepts.

Concept and Vocabulary Check questions assess students’ understanding of the definitions and concepts presented in each section. These short-answer exercises precede the exercise sets in the text and are assignable in MyMathLab.
MathTalk Videos are fun, application-based videos that connect the math in Blitzer to the real world. Presented by Andrew Vickers on location in New York and Boston, these instructional videos have a sense of humor while demonstrating how everyday life is full of math applications.
NEW! Student Success Module in MyMathLab. This new, interactive module is available in the left-hand navigation of MyMathLab and includes videos, activities, and post-tests for these three student success areas:

Math-Reading Connections, including topics such as Using Word Clues and Looking for Patterns.
Study Skills, including topics such as Time Management and Preparing for and Taking Exams.
College Success, including topics such as College Transition and Online Learning.
Instructors can assign these videos and/or activities as media assignments, along with pre-built post-tests to make sure students learn and understand how to improve their skills in these areas. Instructors can integrate these assignments with their traditional MyMathLab homework assignments to incorporate student success topics into their course as they deem appropriate.

Updates to the Applications.

The latest applications and real-world data are compiled from hundreds of books, magazines, newspapers, almanacs, and online sites. For the Sixth Edition, 366 worked-out examples and application exercises are based on new data.
Blitzer Bonus enrichment essays appear throughout the text, covering a variety of interesting applications. In this revision, there are more new Blitzer Bonuses than in any previous edition.

New Learning Tools

NEW! Brief Reviews summarize math skills that students should have learned previously, but which many still need to review. These appear whenever a skill is first needed, eliminating the need to re-teach.
NEW! Great Question! margin notes take study tips and present them in the context of student questions. Th

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About the Author(s)

Bob Blitzer is a native of Manhattan and received a Bachelor of Arts degree with dual majors in mathematics and psychology (minor: English literature) from the City College of New York. His unusual combination of academic interests led him toward a Master of Arts in mathematics from the University of Miami and a doctorate in behavioral sciences from Nova University. Bob is most energized by teaching mathematics and has taught a variety of mathematics courses at Miami-Dade College for nearly 30 years. He has received numerous teaching awards, including Innovator of the Year from the League for Innovations in the Community College, and was among the first group of recipients at Miami-Dade College for an endowed chair based on excellence in the classroom. Bob has written Intermediate Algebra for College Students, Introductory Algebra for College Students, Essentials of Intermediate Algebra for College Students, Introductory and Intermediate Algebra for College Students, Essentials of Introductory and Intermediate Algebra for College Students, Algebra for College Students, Thinking Mathematically, College Algebra, Algebra and Trigonometry , Precalculus , and Trigonometry all published by Pearson.

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