Technology and an investigative pedagogy are powerful tools for fostering in-depth understanding of mathematics concepts. Investigating College Algebra with Technology presents the core concepts of College Algebra and Trigonometry within a technology-oriented, data-driven, applied framework that embraces investigative, collaborative learning. With this text, readers use graphing calculators, and optionally Microsoft? Excel and other technologies, to explore patterns and to make, test, and generalize conjectures. Most importantly, investigations--which engage readers in analysis of real-world data--promote collaboration and bring relevance to the mathematics readers are learning.

Technology and an investigative pedagogy are powerful tools for fostering in-depth understanding of mathematics concepts. Investigating College Algebra and Trigonometry with Technology presents the core concepts of College Algebra and Trigonometry within a technology-oriented, data-driven, applied framework that embraces investigative, collaborative learning. With this text, readers use graphing calculators, and optionally Microsoft? Excel and other technologies, to explore patterns and to make, test, and generalize conjectures. Most importantly, investigations--which engage readers in analysis of real-world data--promote collaboration and bring relevance to the mathematics students are learning.

Discovery-based Investigations provide in-depth contextual content, real-life data, and the integration of technology to let students explore a problem before solving it Students analyze data, which they are given or gather themselves, to make sense of the mathematical relationships they observe Examples are fully worked out and include reasons that justify the process Support the use of graphing calculators, which let students easily manipulate large amounts of data and see the ?big picture? of the math being used Optional interactive Explorations, included on the Student CD, use Microsoft® Excel to build spreadsheets for Activities in which students investigate algebra concepts