The Power of Mathematics Workbook with Notes

Designed for use in a general education mathematics course for college students with diverse majors and various levels of mathematical preparation. The focus is on engaging students in authentic mathematical practice through problem solving.

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The Power of Mathematics is designed for use in a general education mathematics course for college students with diverse majors and various levels of mathematical preparation. It is written from the perspective that our students are accomplished learners who can (and hopefully will) enjoy mathematics. The focus is on engaging students in authentic mathematical practice through problem solving.The course content is organized in four modules:

M. The Power of Mathematizing: Students reengage with arithmetic and measurement at a deep level, encouraging productive links between arithmetic and algebraic representations. No gimmicky mnemonic techniques are used; instead, students build a mathematical foundation and language for the rest of the book

P. The Power of Proportional Thinking: Innovative approaches using multiple representations help develop the proportional reasoning skills needed to function successfully as a college student and critically as a productive citizen in the society.

D. The Decision-Making Power of Mathematics: Students learn to interpret visual and quantitative information using key concepts and tools in probability and statistics such assimilations, center, and variability. Avoiding black-box approaches, students make use of previous content to explore relevant financial mathematics with problems from loans, mortgages, and savings.

S. The Societal Power of Mathematics: Students use their newly developed mathematical understandings as a tool for identifying, understanding, and solving societal issues. Explorations of topics like voting theory and gerrymandering promote students' active and well-informed engagement as citizens

The Power of Mathematics workbook includes the content that students actually use:



notes
activity work sheets
homework sets.
short answers to selected questions

Instructors are provided with:



Power Point slides and solutions to Activity and Homework tasks through the Kendall Hunt website.
Power Points include In-Class (IC) questions which may be used with learner engagement polling systems such as iClicker to create an interactive environment.
Solutions to IC tasks and notes to instructors can be found in the Notes panel of PowerPoint.
Pedagogical notes are embedded in the Homework and Activity solutions, many of which describe multiple solution strategies and ways to address common student struggles.

The Power of Mathematics supports student learning in virtually any format: large lectures, large lectures with breakout activity sessions, small lectures, and small active learning environments.