Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1 The GAP Program—Five Teaching Strategies for Basic Math and Algebra Chapter 2 2 Finding Gaps and Honing Basic Skills Chapter 3 3 Mental Math Chapter 4 4 Integers and Arithmetic Operations Chapter 5 5 Data, Statistics, and Graphs Chapter 6 6 A Love-Hate Relationship Chapter 7 7 The Two Great Devils—The Negative Sign and the Negative Numbers Chapter 8 8 Change for Currency Notes—Simple Fractions Chapter 9 9 Exponents—Powers of 10 Chapter 10 10 Powers of Variables and Constants Chapter 11 11 The World of Expressions and Elementary Equations Chapter 12 12 The Algebra Savior—Cross Products Chapter 13 13 Ratio and Proportion Chapter 14 14 Just Shopping for the Best Deal Chapter 15 15 How Big?—Perimeter, Area, and Volume Chapter 16 16 Slopes and Intercepts on the Algebra Trail Chapter 17 17 Mixed Numerals Chapter 18 18 Polynomials and Their Basic Operations Chapter 19 19 Factoring Chapter 20 20 Rational, Complex Rational and Radical Expressions—Becoming an Algebra Guru

About the Author

Daryo Khatri is president/CEO of TopTech, Inc. and professor of physics at the University of District of Columbia. Anne O. Hughes is a retired professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of District of Columbia.

Reviews

This book should be useful to at least four teaching audiences: 1. college professors teaching remedial math courses 2. high school teachers teaching intensive “catch-up” math courses, such as Algebra II, in a summer session 3. other math professionals teaching preparatory courses for college placement, such as for the scholastic aptitude test 4. math-trained professionals who are engaged in home-schooling efforts. A fifth audience is, of course, students who will be involved in these programs.
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