Mathematics: A Human Endeavor (Student Book) [SCM]
by Harold R. Jacobs Author
Focusing on problem-solving, Jacobs shows students how to make observations, discover relationships, and solve problems in the context of ordinary experience. Use with Mathematics: A Human Endeavor teacher's guide. A student workbook is also available.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-7167-2426-X
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 58
- Pages
- 704
- Suggested Grades
- 9th - 12th
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman and Company
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Copyright
- 1993
- URL
- http://www.whfreeman.com/college/book.asp?disc=...
Lessons
- 1:1 The Path of the Billiard Ball
- 1:2 More Billiard-Ball Mathematics
- 1:3 Inductive Reasoning: Finding and Extending Patterns
- 1:4 The Limitations of Inductive Reasoning
- 1:5 Deductive Reasoning: Mathematical Proof
- 1:6 Number Tricks and Deductive Reasoning
- 2:1 Arithmetic Sequences
- 2:2 Geometric Sequences
- 2:3 The Binary Sequence
- 2:4 The Sequence of Squares
- 2:5 The Sequence of Cubes
- 2:6 Fibonacci Sequence
- 3:1 The Idea of a Function
- 3:2 Descartes and the Coordinate Graph
- 3:3 Functions with Line Graphs
- 3:4 Functions with Parabolic Graphs
- 3:5 More Functions with Curved Graphs
- 3:6 Interpolation and Extrapolation: Guessing Between and Beyond
- 4:1 Large Numbers
- 4:2 Scientific Notation
- 4:3 An Introduction to Logarithms
- 4:4 Decimal Logarithms
- 4:5 Logarithms and Scientific Notation
- 4:6 Exponential Functions
- 5:1 Symmetry
- 5:2 Regular Polygons
- 5:3 Mathematical Mosaics
- 5:4 Regular Polyhedra
- 5:5 Pyramids and Prisms
- 6:1 The Circle and the Ellipse
- 6:2 The Parabola
- 6:3 The Hyperbola
- 6:4 The Sine Curve
- 6:5 Spirals
- 6:6 The Cycloid
- 7:1 The Fundamental Counting Principle
- 7:2 Permutations
- 7:3 More on Permutations
- 7:4 Combinations
- 8:1 Probability: The Measure of Chance
- 8:2 Dice Games and Probability
- 8:3 Probabilities of Successive Events
- 8:4 Binomial Probability
- 8:5 Pascal's Triangle
- 8:6 Independent and Dependent Events
- 8:7 The Birthday Problem: Complimentary Events
- 9:1 Organizing Data: Frequency
- 9:2 Distributions
- 9:3 The Breaking of Ciphers and Codes: An Application of Statistics
- 9:4 Measures of Central Tendency
- 9:5 Measures of Variability
- 9:6 Displaying Data: Statistical Graphs
- 9:7 Collecting Data: Sampling
- 10:1 The Mathematics of Distortion
- 10:2 The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg: An Introduction to Networks
- 10:3 Euler Paths
- 10:4 Trees
- 10:5 The Moebius Strip and Other Surfaces
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