Prentice-Hall Mathematics: Algebra 2

by Randall I. Charles

College Text Book is in great condition.

Genres: Mathematics

1022 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

Dr. Randall Charles is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
He has dedicated his life to mathematics education and works closely to train teachers at all grade levels. His primary research has focused on problem solving, with publications such as Teaching Problem Solving: What, Why, and How (Dale Seymour), Teaching and Assessing Problem Solving (NCTM), How to Evaluate Progress in Problem Solving (NCTM), and Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving. Dr. Charles has served as a K–12 mathematics supervisor, Vice President of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, and member of the NCTM Research Advisory Committee. Dr. Charles was also a member of the writing team for the NCTM Curriculum Focal Points (2006). He has authored or coauthored more than 75 mathematics textbooks for the elementary, middle school, secondary, and collegiate levels. Dr. Charles served as the lead author for Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley Mathematics ©2008 and Prentice Hall Mathematics ©2007/2008 and is the lead author for Scott Foresman - Addison Wesley enVisionMATH ©2009.

Reviews

[Sieglinde · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, when read in sequence with the previous one, is probably the best way to learn algebra overall. It shares the intuitive traits of the previous one where it slowly introduces concepts, works with each concept then mixes it in with yet another introduced concept. There were a few mistakes you'll have to keep an eye out for, from the top of my memory one of them had to do with the distance formula where it subtracted x_2 from x_2 in the radicand, where in the distance formula it should've been x_2 - x_1.

However, this algebra 2 book in particular comes with a wonderful bonus at the end. The last few chapters focus heavily on the unit circle, something you will need to be extremely familiar with when beginning calculus. It walks you through how the unit circle translates into sine/cosine waves and teaches you to explore trigonometric identities to the point you'll be translating them in your head.

If you want to help teach your kids or study with them or just refresh on your own learnings, this and the previous algebra 1 book, I think, are the absolute best ways to learn algebra. Patiently going page by page through the book and satisfyingly taking the in-book tests and quizzes. These two books are almost entirely all you'd need to begin calculus.

My only complaint is that neither of them focus on the concept of "sets" in mathematics which will be used later on. But, it is a pretty well-known thing that when going from arithmetic to algebra, it isn't that much of a shake-up; when going from algebra to calculus, it will be more difficult anyway. Despite that, I still thing it prepares you well enough to manage in calculus.

[Matthew · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know the importance of math but still....
What I learnedL
3d graphs
and other things