Description

Trigonometry, Tenth Edition, by Lial, Hornsby, Schneider, and Daniels, engages and supports students in the learning process by developing both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success in mathematics. With the Tenth Edition, the authors recognize that students are learning in new ways, and that the classroom is evolving. The Lial team is now offering a new suite of resources to support today’s instructors and students.

New co-author Callie Daniels has experience in all classroom types including traditional, hybrid and online courses, which has driven the new MyMathLab features. For example, MyNotes provide structure for student note-taking, and Interactive Chapter Summaries allow students to quiz themselves in interactive examples on key vocabulary, symbols and concepts. Daniels’ experience, coupled with the long-time successful approach of the Lial series, has helped to more tightly integrate the text with online learning than ever before.

Features

Support for All Classroom Types: a complete suite of instructional materials makes it easier for instructors to prepare for the course, and leads to student success. Updates to MyMathLab® and MathXL® are an integral part of supporting instructors and student success in today’s classroom.

• NEW! MyNotes from new co-author Callie Daniels provide structure for student note taking.
• Interactive chapter summaries allow students to quiz themselves with interactive examples on key vocabulary, symbols, and concepts.
• NEW! Ready-to-Go MyMathLab courses are pre-built MyMathLab courses that make the start-up time building your course quick and easy.
• NEW! Interactive Figures are now available in MyMathLab, enabling users to manipulate figures to bring hard-to-convey math concepts to life.
• Interactive Animations are now tied to Function Boxes.
• Thevideo program is designed to help students study any time, anywhere.
  • Quick Reviews cover key definitions and procedures from each section.
  • Example Solutions walk students through the detailed solution process for every example in the textbook.
• Author-designated sample homework problems include pencasts for selected problems.
• Additional MathXL coverage of all exercises include Summary Exercises, Relating Concepts Exercises, and Chapter Review exercises.
• Additional MathXL quizzes are assignable as homework. These are based on the text’s mid-chapter quizzes.
• Cumulative assignments follow each chapter test in the homework and test manager, allowing students to synthesize previous material throughout the course. These assignments consist of 30 problems each.

Support for Learning Concepts: a systematic approach is used to present each topic, and is designed to actively engage students in the learning process. As a result, students develop both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success.

• Pointers in the examples provide on-the-spot reminders and warnings about common pitfalls. Examples now offer additional side comments where appropriate in the step-by-step solutions, and there are more section references to previously covered material.
• Now Try exercises conclude every example with a reference to one or more parallel, odd-numbered exercises from the corresponding exercise set. Students are able to immediately apply and reinforce the concepts and skills presented in the examples, while actively engaged in the learning process.
• Real-life applications in the examples and exercises draw from fields such as business, pop-culture, sports, life sciences, and environmental studies to show the relevance of algebra to daily life.
• Functions are introduced in Chapter 2 and are a unifying theme throughout the text.
  • Function boxes offer a comprehensive, visual introduction to each class of function and also serve as an excellent resource for student reference and review throughout the course. Each function box includes a table of values alongside traditional and calculator graphs, as well as the domain, range, and other specific information about the function.
  • NEW! Animations are available within MyMathLab.
• Graphing calculator coverage is optional and may be omitted without loss of continuity. The authors stress that these devices can be useful as an aid to understanding, but that students must master the underlying mathematical concepts first.
  • Graphing calculator solutions are included for selected examples as appropriate.
  • Graphing calculator notes and exercises are marked with an icon for easy identification

New to this Edition

New and Updated Features

• The exercise sets offer many new and modified exercises, with updated real life data throughout.
• Numbered andExample references within the text are set in the same font as the figure and bold print for the example, helping visual learners identify and connect them.
• The “drop down” style is used whenever appropriate to distinguish between simplifying expressions and solving equations.
• Explanatory side comments are increased to guide students through the steps of simplifying and solving problems in the examples.

Updates to the MyMathLab Course

• MyNotes from new co-author Callie Daniels offer support for student note taking. Interactive chapter summaries allow students to quiz themselves with interactive examples on key vocabulary, symbols, and concepts.
• Ready-to-Go MyMathLab courses are pre-built MyMathLab courses that make the start-up time for building your course quick and easy.
• Interactive Figures are now available, enabling users to manipulate figures to bring hard-to-convey math concepts to life.
• Interactive Links are now tied to Function Boxes.
• Select author-designated sample homework problems include videos, Camtasia Studio clips, or pencasts for each problem.
• Additional MathXL coverage of key exercises include Summary exercises, Relating Concept exercises, and Chapter Review exercises. Additional MathXL quizzes (without help features) are assignable as homework. These are based on the text’s mid-chapter quizzes.
• Cumulative assignments follow each chapter test in the homework and test manager, allowing students to synthesize old material throughout the course. These assignments consist of 30 problems each.