Description
Book SynopsisDiscusses topics of central importance in the secondary school mathematics curriculum, including functions, polynomials, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, number and operation, and measurement. This volume is primarily intended as the text for a bridge or capstone course for pre-service secondary school mathematics teachers.
Trade ReviewAs the authors state early on, this book is intended in part as a response to the 2001 report from the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences on the mathematical education of future teachers. There is a very definite need for books like this one. While courses and textbooks on mathematics for elementary teachers are common across America, few schools offer a course for which this book would be a good fit, and that's probably regrettable. There is a good argument to be made for offering prospective secondary teachers the same kind of course—in which they consider the math they expect to teach from an advanced perspective and with some attention to how to teach it—that we routinely require of prospective elementary teachers. … the suggestion of the CBMS report that “Prospective mathematics teachers need mathematics courses that develop a deep understanding of the mathematics they will teach” will be well-realized by a course based on this textbook." - Mark Bollman,
MAA ReviewsTable of Contents
- Preface
- To the Student
- To the Instructor
- 1. Functions
- 2. Lines in the Plane
- 3. Quadratic Polynomials
- 4. Trigonometry
- 5. Hyperbolic Trigonometry
- 6. Numbers
- 7. Operations in Number Systems
- 8. Topics in Number Systems
- 9. Exponentiation
- 10. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: History, Computation, and Application
- 11. Transcendental Functions and Complex Numbers
- 12. Beyond Quadratics: Higher Degree Polynomials
- 13. Measurement
- Appendix A: Log Tables
- Index
- About the Authors
