Description
To the Student
GUIDE TO SUCCESS
Success can be planned. Combine goals and good study habits to create a plan for success that works for you. The following list contains study tips that your authors consider most helpful.
SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Set goals and expect success. Approach this class experience with a positive attitude.
– Communicate with your instructor by learning the office hours and making a point to visit when you
need extra help. Many instructors welcome student e-mails.
– Take your text with you to class and lab. Each section in the text is designed with headings and boxed
information that provide an outline for easy reference.
– Ask questions in class, lab, and tutoring sessions. Instructors encourage them, and other students
probably have the same questions.
– Begin each homework assignment as soon as possible. Then if you have difficulty, you have the time to
access supplementary resources.
– Carefully read the instructions before working homework exercises and include all steps.
– Form a study group with fellow students. Verbalizing questions about topics that you do not understand
can clarify the material for you.
– After each quiz or test, write out corrected step-by step solutions to all missed questions. They will
provide a valuable study guide for the mid-term exam and the final exam.
– MyMathLab has numerous tools to help you succeed. Use MyMathLab to create a personalized study
plan and practice skills with sample quizzes and tests.
– Knowing math vocabulary is an important step toward success. Review vocabulary with Vocabulary
Reinforcement exercises in the text and in MyMathLab.
– Learning with the Interactive Figures increases understanding and retention of the concepts.
An index of these interactive figures is on the following page.
– If you miss a lecture, watch the video in the Multimedia Library of MyMathLab that explains the
concepts you missed
In writing this textbook, we challenged ourselves to do everything possible to help you learn the concepts and skills contained between its covers so that you will be successful in this course and in the mathematics courses you take in the future. We realize that your time is both valuable and limited, so we communicate in a highly visual way that allows you to learn quickly and efficiently. We are confident that, if you invest an adequate amount of time in the learning process, this text will be of great value to you. We wish you a positive learning experience.