Key Concept Activity Lab Workbook for Algebra Foundations

Description

Elayn Martin-Gay has taught mathematics at the University of New Orleans for more than 25 years. Her numerous teaching awards include the local University Alumni Association’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Outstanding Developmental Educator at University of New Orleans, presented by the Louisiana Association of Developmental Educators.

Prior to writing textbooks, Elayn Martin-Gay developed an acclaimed series of lecture videos to support developmental mathematics students. These highly successful videos originally served as the foundation materials for her texts. Today, the videos are specific to each book in her series. She has also created Chapter Test Prep Videos to help students during their most “teachable moment” – as they prepare for a test–along with Instructor-to-Instructor videos that provide teaching tips, hints, and suggestions for every developmental mathematics course, including basic mathematics, prealgebra, beginning algebra, and intermediate algebra.

Elayn is the author of 13 published textbooks and a new Interactive Assignment MyLab™ Math course, all specializing in developmental mathematics courses. She has also published series in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry. She has participated as an author across the broadest range of educational materials: textbooks, videos, tutorial software, and courseware. This provides an opportunity of various combinations for an integrated teaching and learning package offering great consistency for the student.

The Martin-Gay principle: Every student can succeed

Elayn Martin-Gay is known for her accessible writing style with built-in support, including an emphasis on study skills.

• In-text study skills resources include Section 1.1, Tips for Success in Mathematics, in which Elayn covers important strategies for success, with videos for each objective. Additional in-text student resources include the Student Resources section in the back of the text, which include Study Skill Builders, a Study Guide Outline, and Practice Final Exam. Student Success Tip videos in the MyLab also further Elayn’s emphasis on more than just mathematical skills.
• Student-oriented features in the text include Helpful Hints to help students avoid common trouble areas, detailed step-by-step examples, and practice margin exercises paired with each example to encourage students to participate in the learning. 
• All exercise sets have been carefully updated with this revision. Several special types of exercises throughout the text include Mixed Practice, Concept Extension, and more.
• The Martin-Gay video program provides students with support on concepts wherever and whenever they need it, and are always presented in Elayn’s hallmark friendly style.
• Section lecture videos highlight key examples and exercises. Shorter, objective-level video clips are also available for student ease of use, and easier instructor assignability.
• Interactive Concept Checks measure students’ understanding of key concepts and common trouble spots. After the viewer selects an answer from several multiple-choice options, Martin-Gay explains why the answer is correct or incorrect.
• Assignable Video Check questions assess whether students have viewed and understood the key concepts presented in the videos.

• The Video Organizer workbook encourages students to take notes and work practice problems while watching the Martin-Gay video lecture series in MyLab Math. The Video Organizer provides ample space for students to write down key definitions and rules throughout the lectures, and “Play” and “Pause” button icons prompt students to follow along with Elayn for some exercises while they try others on their own.

Features in the text and MyLab ensure that students reinforce concepts and tie skills together.

• Concept Checks throughout the section allow students to gauge their grasp of an idea as it is presented. By stressing conceptual understanding at point-of-use, the Concept Checks help prevent misconceived notions for important topics.
• Integrated Review mid-chapter exercise sets provide students with mixed review, giving them the chance to assimilate new concepts they’ve learned over several sections. 
• Vocabulary, Readiness, and Video Check questions precede each section’s exercise set to check student understanding of the section or video they’ve just covered. All Vocabulary, Readiness, & Video Check questions are now assignable in MyLab Math. The Vocabulary and Readiness Check questions now are available in Drag and Drop format, giving students a more interactive way to answer these questions.
• New – The Key Concept and Activity Lab Workbook is a great way to engage students in conceptual projects and exploration, as well as group work. The workbook includes Extension Exercises, Exploration Activities, Conceptual Exercises, and Group Activities.

End-of-chapter student support helps students at their most teachable moment – when preparing for a test.

• New – Getting Ready for the Test exercises precede each Chapter Test to check students’ conceptual understanding of the topics in the chapter. These multiple choice or matching questions not only check for understanding, but also aim to catch common errors. Corresponding video solutions and Learning Catalytics questions for these exercises allow instructors to use them for in-class engagement or as an at-home test preparation tool.  
• Additional end-of-chapter material includes Chapter Highlights, Chapter Review exercises, Mixed Review, a Chapter Test, and Cumulative Review. Chapter Test Prep Videos, a Martin-Gay innovation, provide step-by-step solutions for the exercises found in each Chapter Test.

Also available with MyLab Math

MyLab™ Math is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab Math personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. Learn more about MyLab Math.

A flexible breadth of content with options for students

Two versions of the MyLab Math course now provide instructors with options when it comes to their teaching approach and style.  

• A “traditional” MyLab Math course for Algebra Foundations, 2nd Edition provides all of the content students and instructors are used to in MyLab Math. 
• A new Interactive Assignment MyLab Math course provides everything the traditional course does, plus the inclusion of new Interactive Assignments, which allow students to “read a little, watch a little, and do a little” in one integrated, seamless learning experience. 
• In Interactive Assignments, instructional content has been streamlined for each objective, often replacing paragraphs of written text with media, and trackable graded exercises are integrated within the learning to help students retain what they’ve learned. This also makes “reading” truly assignable for the first time! 
• Both the traditional course and Interactive MyLab course follow the same organization of contents, and both provide the full Algebra Foundations, 2nd Edition eText in the course. This allows departments and committees to adopt the same title on an institutional basis, but use whichever version of the MyLab course is best-suited to their course format and needs.

Flexible options for accessing materials for this All in One mean that students need only pay for the content they need, and that the material can be tailored to any course set-up or syllabus. 

• Time-based access to the MyLab Math course is available for Life of the Edition, 18-week, or 12-week access lengths. 
• For instructors, a fully bound Annotated Instructor’s Edition is also available. 
• With content for the entire developmental sequence in one place, instructors can opt to cover only parts of the course, and turn off or hide chapters, sections, or objectives they don’t wish to cover. The flexible MyLab platform allows for courses to be tailored to the way each instructor teaches. 
• Instructors can use this title for one, two, or three semesters of developmental coursework, and hide any content they don’t need. 
• Instructors can also adopt this All in One for a corequisite course, providing a library of developmental support to choose from to integrate into the on-level course.

Teach your course your way

• Flexible platform – Your course is unique. Whether you’d like to build your own assignments, structure students’ work with a learning path, or set prerequisites, you have the flexibility to easily create your course to fit your needs. With time-based options and a flexible MyLab, you can adopt an All in One course for any type of course or sequence, including corequisite support. Hide content you don’t need, and present topics in the order your students need them.

Empower each learner

• Personalized learning – Each student learns at a different pace. Personalized learning gives every student the support they need – when and where they need it – to be successful. A variety of options to personalize learning in MyLab Math, including personalized homework, which allows students to effectively test out homework, and Skill Builder, which provides just-in-time remediation within assignments.

Deliver trusted content

• Conceptual understanding – The Martin-Gay program gives students support on key concepts where and when they need it, through section lectures 100% presented by Elayn in her trademark approachable style.

Expanded resources in the latest revision from Elayn Martin-Gay bring even more updates to her program, all shaped by her focus on the student — a perspective that has made her course materials beloved by students and instructors alike. 

• Getting Ready for the Test exercises precede each Chapter Test to check students’ conceptual understanding of the topics in the chapter. These multiple-choice or matching questions not only check for understanding, but also aim to catch common errors. Video Solutions, for all exercises, and premade Learning Catalytics™ questions, for exercises noted in blue in the AIE, accompany these exercises.
• Key Concept and Activity Lab Workbook is a great way to engage students in conceptual projects and exploration, as well as group work. The Workbook includes Extension Exercises, Exploration Activities, Conceptual Exercises, and Group Activities.
• Additionally, exercise sets and applications have been refined and updated where appropriate.

 

Also available with MyLab Math

Additions and expansions in the MyLab™ focus on increasing students’ preparedness, conceptual understanding, and motivation.

• Two versions of the MyLab Math course now provide instructors with options when it comes to their teaching approach and style: a “traditional” MyLab Math course and a new Interactive Assignment MyLab Math course.
• Interactive Algebra Foundations provides everything the traditional course does, plus the inclusion of new Interactive Assignments, which allow students to “read a little, watch a little, and do a little” in one integrated, seamless learning experience.
• In Interactive Assignments, instructional content has been streamlined for each objective, often replacing paragraphs of written text with media, and trackable graded exercises are integrated within the learning to help students retain what they’ve learned. This also makes “reading” truly assignable for the first time!
• Interactive Algebra Foundations follows the same organization of contents as Algebra Foundations 2nd Edition, and both provide the full Algebra Foundations 2nd Edition eText in the course. This allows departments and committees to adopt the same title on an institutional basis, but use whichever version of the MyLab course is best-suited to their course format and needs.

• Getting Ready for the Test video solutions cover the Getting Ready for the Test exercises in the text, and contain brief explanations and reminders of material in the chapter. Where applicable, incorrect choices contain explanations.
• Learning Catalytics, now available through MyLab Math, is an interactive, student response tool that uses students’ smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more sophisticated tasks and thinking.
• Getting Ready for the Test exercises marked in blue in the Annotated Instructor’s Edition are premade and available to use with Learning Catalytics.
• Skill Builder assignments offer adaptive practice that is designed to increase students’ ability to complete their assignments. By monitoring student performance on their homework, Skill Builder adapts to each student’s needs and provides just-in-time, in-assignment practice to help them improve their proficiency of key learning objectives.
• All Vocabulary, Readiness, and Video Check questions in the text are now assignable in MyLab Math
• Vocabulary, Readiness, and Video Check questions precede each section’s exercise set, and check students’ understanding of the section they’ve just covered, or that they’ve truly watched the section video that was assigned.
• The Vocabulary and Readiness Check questions are also now available in a Drag and Drop format, giving students a more interactive way to answer these questions.