Instructor Notes - Prealgebra

Prealgebra has the following supplements:

Annotated Instructor's Edition: This edition provides instructors with immediate access to the answers to every exercise in the text. Each answer is printed in color next to the corresponding text exercise.; 0-321-05665-5
Instructor's Resource Guide: The Instructor's Resource Guide includes short-answer and multiple-choice versions of a placement test; eight forms of chapter tests for each chapter, including six open-response and two multiple-choice forms; and short-answer and multiple-choice forms of a final examination. The guide also provides suggestions and teaching tips for using this textbook in a mathematics laboratory. It also includes an extensive selection of assignment material that can be used as another source of questions for tests, quizzes, or student review.; 0-321-02992-9
Instructor's Solution Manual: The Instructors Solutions Manual includes solutions to all of the even-numbered section exercises.; 0-321-02989-5
Answer Book: The Answer Book includes answers to all exercises plus a list of conceptual, writing, challenging, and calculator exercises.; 0-321-03881-9
TestGen-EQ 2.0 with QuizMaster-EQ: This test generation software is available in Windows and Macintosh version. TestGen EQ's friendly graphical interface enables instructors to easily view, edit, and add questions, transfer questions to tests, and print tests in a variety of fonts and forms. Search and sort features help the instructor quickly locate questions and arrange them in a preferred order. Six question formats are available, including short-answer, true-false, multiple-choice, essay, matching, and bimodal formats. A built-in question editor gives the instructor the ability to create graphs, import graphics, insert mathematical symbols and templates, and insert variable numbers or text. Computerized testbanks include algorithmically defined problems organized according to each textbook. An "Export to HTML" feature lets instructors to create practice tests for the World Wide Web.

QuizMaster-EQ enables instructors to create and save tests and quizzes using TestGen-EQ so students can take them on a computer network. Instructors can set preferences for how and when test are administered. QuizMaster-EQ automatically grades the exams and allows the instructor to view or print a variety of reports for individual students, classes, or courses. This software is available for both Windows and Macintosh and is fully networkable.

TestGen-EQ with QuizMaster-EQ is free to qualifying adopters.; 0-321-03147-4 (Win)
0-321-03148-2 (Mac)
InterAct Math Plus: InterAct Math Plus combines course managment and on-line testing with the features of the basic InterAct Math tutorial software to create and invaluable teaching resource. InterAct Math Plus integrates data files from most campus registrar packages, eliminating the need to manually enter individual courses, sections, and student names.

Instructors can choose questions from the InterAct Math tutorial software, which includes true/false, multiple choice and free-response formats. Instructors can take advantage of the algorithms found in InterAct Math to create their own tests for which every problem is different each time a student attempts it. Instructors have complete flexibility in terms of grading standards, re-testing options, time limits, and testing time-frames.

This management software provides a communication feature so instructors can send messages to both entire classes and individual students. The software includes a Report function which allows instructors to view meaningful information on how a specific student or class is performing on any given test, chapter, or even an individual problem. Instructors can see how much time their students are spending using the InterAct Math tutorial as well as which problems they're working and how they're doing in solving them. InterAct Math Plus also allows students to create their own practice tests to prepare for instructor tests.; 0-201-49296-2 Windows
0-201-58768-8 Macintosh
InterAct Math 2.0: InterAct Math tutorial software has been developed and designed by professional software engineers working closely with a team of experienced developmental mathematics educators.

InterAct Math tutorial software includes exercises that are linked with every objective in the textbook and require the same computational and problem-solving skills as their companion exercises in the text. Each exercise has an example and an interactive guided solution that are designed to involve students in the solution process and to help them identify precisely where they are having trouble. In addition, the software recognizes common student errors and provides students with appropriate customized feedback.

With its sophisticated answer-recognition capabilities, InterAct Math tutorial software recognizes common appropriate forms of the same answer for any kind of input. It also tracks student activity and scores for each section, which can then be printed out. Available for Windows and Macintosh computers, the software is available to qualifying adopters or can be bundled with books for sale to students.; 0-321-03145-8 Windows
0-321-03146-6 Macintosh
Student Solutions Manual: The Student's Solution Manual contains complete solutions to every other odd-numbered section exercise (those not included at the back of the book), and solutions to all margin problems, chapter review exercises, chapter tests, and cumulative review exercises.; 0-321-02282-3
Real to Reel Videotape Series: This series has been developed to accompany Prealgebra. In a separate lesson for each section of the book, the series covers all objectives, topics, and problem solving techniques discussed within the text. The multiple presenters in the series were chosen based on student feedback, and an instructor is seen onscreen 90% of the time. Presenters indicate to students to stop tape at certain segments and work specific problems on their own. Application problems are worked from the text. The video series is available to qualifying adopters.; 0-321-03144-X
Spanish Glossary: A separate Spanish Glossary is now being offered as part of the supplements package for this textbook series. This book contains the key terms from each of the five texts in the series and their Spanish translations.; 0-321-01647-5
Web site: www.mathnotes.com
MathNotes contains two resources for students. The InterAct Math tutorial allows the user to work through an infinite number of problems with hints and guided solutions.
InterAct software (the InterAct plug-in) can be downloaded from this site so that you can sample the math problems using your Web browser. "Numbers in the Real World" applications are exploration exercises that build upon the real-world use of math discussed in the textbook. Many of these problems require you to visit and collect data from external Web sites.