College Text

Highly regarded and used by countless students, this effective rhetoric/handbook/reader is ideal for writing courses that focus on the essay. The sixth edition features Langan's renowned clear writing style and a wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four essentials of good writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills.

This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office.

Book Description James Stewart, author of the worldwide, best-selling Calculus texts, along with two of his former Ph.D. students, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, collaborated in writing this text to address a problem they frequently saw in their calculus courses: many students were not prepared to think mathematically but attempted instead to memorize facts and mimic examples. College Algebra was written specifically to help students learn to think mathematically and to develop true problem-solving skills. This comprehensive, evenly paced book highlights the authors' commitment to encouraging conceptual understanding. To implement this goal, Stewart, Redlin, and Watson incorporate technology, the rule of four, real-world applications, and extended projects and writing exercises to enhance a central core of fundamental skills.

Description Blitzers mathematical rigor is combined with an engaging, friendly and often fun presentation for greater student appeal. Blitzers exceptionally clear, accessible writing style combines the nuts and bolts students need with interesting and relevant examples.

Book Description This clear, accessible treatment of mathematics features a building-block approach toward problem solving, realistic and diverse applications, and chapter organizer to help users focus their study and become effective and confident problem solvers. The Putting Your Skills to Work and new chapter-end feature, Math in the Media, present readers with opportunities to utilize critical thinking skills, analyze and interpret data, and problem solve using applied situations encountered in daily life. Chapter 7, Geometry, has been extensively revised and re-organized to include a new section 7.1 on angles and new section 7.4 devoted to triangles. Increased coverage of estimating with fractions and decimals with new To Think About exercises in Sections 2.5, 2.8, and 3.3 and a new lesson in Section 3.7. Coverage of fractions in Chapter 2 has been expanded as follows: Section 2.6 now begins with a discussion of least common multiples so that the subsequent coverage of least common denominators is more complete; a new lesson on order of operations in Section 2.8 offers readers additional review of these rules and practice applying them to fractions; and a new mid-chapter test on fractions appears after Section 2.5. Percent applications are now covered in two sections (Sections 5.4 and 5.5) to allow for a more patient presentation of this important topic.

Japanese for College Students: Basic is a genuinely integrated, comprehensive course for learning every aspect of beginning Japanese: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It utilizes a functional approach tried and proved in the classrooms of International Christian University, known for the excellence and experience of its staff. In three volumes, the series contains 300 hours of study, 2,000 words, and 450 kanji. Volume 2 is concerned with frequently encountered situations, enabling the student to shop, ask directions, and obtain information. This volume can be used with three separately sold cassettes tapes, totally 180 minutes of listening. Features of Japanese for College Students: Basic Listening and Speaking * Varied, ready-to-use drill exercises make preparation a snap * All activities within the text--no additional workbooks to buy * Focused exercises utilize essential vocabulary * Functional approach emphasizes quick attainment of useful skills * Hundreds of additional related exercises included in the Teacher's Manual. * Set of tapes (sold separately) enhances the speed and fluency of language learning Grammar Notes * Clear, straightforward explanations * Plentiful examples eliminate the need for confusing, semi-grammatical terms * Two Comprehensive grammar indexes (English and Japanese) for easy reference to the text * Cultural and linguistic information provided as necessary Reading * Relevant, interesting, and up-to-date material * Passages integrate previously learned material while concentrating on new vocabulary * Two vocabulary indexes give definitions, kanji, and the place first introduced in the text * Traditional Japanese subscript pronunciation guide (rubi) added where necessary * Both horizontal and vertical printing are given, as well as hand-written passages * Comprehension checks and reading/writing activities accompany each passage Writing * Employs the three Japanese scripts--hiragana, katakana, and kanji--from the outset * Kanji introduced according to relevance and frequency of use * New kanji presented with all common readings and stroke order * Kanji index makes it easy to find previously introduced characters Japanese for College Students consists of the following: Volume I: Text Volume I: Tapes Volume II: Text Volume II: Tapes Volume III: Text Volume III: Tapes Teacher's Manual

Book Description With its wealth of student and work-oriented examples, this trusted text offers a practical, accessible, and non-intimidating approach to public speaking.