For All Practical Purposes: Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics, 4th Edition

by Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

COMAP (A Project of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Implications) For All Practical Purposes is the first mathematics text for non-science students to include game theory, voter behaviour, and computer graphics. "...A fascinating book..." Mathematical Spectrum Supplements: Instructor's Manual/Transparency Masters/Printed and Computerized Test Banks/CD-ROM

Genres: Textbooks, Mathematics, School

884 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1987

About the author

A non-profit organization offering multidisciplinary and academically rigorous curriculum materials and teacher development programs based on mathematical exploration of real-world problems. Developers of the PBS television series "For All Practical Purposes: An Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics," "Against All Odds: Inside Statistics," and "Algebra: In Simplest Terms," COMAP also freely offers its semi-annual periodical Consortium, which "blends contemporary teaching activities with commentaries, articles and contests to bring the excitement of mathematical modeling to high school classrooms." Elementary projects include Bridges to Classroom Mathematics, which created materials that local school personnel can use to conduct professional development workshops for elementary teachers; and the ARC Center (Alternatives for Rebuilding Curricula), a collaboration between COMAP and Investigations in Number, Data, and Space (TERC), Math Trailblazers (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Everyday Mathematics (University of Chicago) — three elementary mathematics curriculum projects that received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Reviews

[Nuray Kargi]

for my lesson I want to read the book, we were talking about examples from book so what else is in the book

[Bradley]

Fall semester 2015. Used in my math class.