Common Sense Mathematics: Second Edition

The focus of the course is on helping students think critically and carefully about numerical information in everyday contexts, using mathematics as a tool and common sense as a guide. Technology is an integral part of the world, and the text helps students use it thoughtfully and wisely. The second edition contains revised chapters, additional sections, updated examples and exercises, and complete rewrites of critical material based on feedback from students and teachers.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 262 pages
\n Publication date: 30 March 2021
\n Publisher: American Mathematical Society
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Ten years from now, what do you want or expect your students to remember from your course? We realized that in ten years, what matters will be how students approach a problem using the tools they carry with them—common sense and common knowledge—not the particular mathematics we chose for the curriculum. Using our text, students work regularly with real data in moderately complex everyday contexts, using mathematics as a tool and common sense as a guide. The focus is on problems suggested by the news of the day and topics that matter to students, like inflation, credit card debt, and loans. We use search engines, calculators, and spreadsheet programs as tools to reduce drudgery, explore patterns, and get information. Technology is an integral part of today's world—this text helps students use it thoughtfully and wisely. This second edition contains revised chapters and additional sections, updated examples and exercises, and complete rewrites of critical material based on feedback from students and teachers who have used this text. Our focus remains the same: to help students think carefully and critically about numerical information in everyday contexts.

Introduction:
In the rapidly changing world of education, it is essential to consider what our students will remember from our courses ten years from now. As educators, we must strive to provide them with the skills and knowledge that will be valuable in any future context.

What Matters in Ten Years:
We believe that what will matter most to our students in ten years is their ability to approach problems using the tools they carry with them—common sense and common knowledge. In today's world, technology is an integral part of our lives, and it is important for students to learn how to use it thoughtfully and wisely.

Approaching Problems with Common Sense and Common Knowledge:
Our text emphasizes the importance of using common sense and common knowledge as guides when working with numerical information in everyday contexts. Students are encouraged to work regularly with real data in moderately complex everyday contexts, using mathematics as a tool and common sense as a guide. The focus is on problems suggested by the news of the day and topics that matter to students, like inflation, credit card debt, and loans.

Using Technology as a Tool:
Technology is an integral part of today's world, and our text helps students use it thoughtfully and wisely. Students are taught how to use search engines, calculators, and spreadsheet programs as tools to reduce drudgery, explore patterns, and get information. These tools are used to help students think carefully and critically about numerical information in everyday contexts.

Revised Chapters and Additional Sections:
This second edition of our text contains revised chapters and additional sections, updated examples and exercises, and complete rewrites of critical material based on feedback from students and teachers who have used this text. We have listened to the feedback and made changes to ensure that our text is as effective as possible in helping students think carefully and critically about numerical information in everyday contexts.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, we believe that our text provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the rapidly changing world of education. By emphasizing the importance of using common sense and common knowledge as guides, using technology as a tool, and providing revised chapters and additional sections, we are confident that our text will help students think carefully and critically about numerical information in everyday contexts. We hope that our text will be valuable to students and teachers alike for many years to come.

\n Weight: 642g\n
Dimension: 180 x 254 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781470461348\n \n