Our Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook open-text resource. This textbook simplifies and integrates annuity types and variable calculations, utilizes relevant algebraic symbols, and is integrated with the Texas Instruments BAII+ calculator. It includes an e-textbook, algorithmic assessments powered by a test bank with over 750 unique questions, Engage App, solution manuals, structured exercises, annotated and detailed formulas, relevant personal and professional applications in discussion, guided examples, case studies, animated PowerPoint presentations, and real-time performance dashboards to view individual or class performance.
The Business Math resource has been authored by J.P. Olivier. It takes a systematic approach to helping students learn how to think and centers on a structured process termed the PUPP Model (Plan, Understand, Perform, and Present). To request access to the Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook resource, click here.
Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook was written to meet the needs of a twenty-first century student. It takes a systematic approach to helping students learn how to think and centers on a structured process termed the PUPP Model (Plan, Understand, Perform, and Present). This process is found throughout the text and in every guided example to help students develop a step-by-step problem-solving approach.
This textbook simplifies and integrates annuity types and variable calculations, utilizes relevant algebraic symbols, and is integrated with the Texas Instruments BAII+ calculator. It also contains structured exercises, annotated and detailed formulas, and relevant personal and professional applications in discussion, guided examples, case studies, and even homework questions.
Harris Learning Solutions has been developing online formative and summative assessment (homework and exams) for more than 20 years combined, and as with the textbook content, questions and problems are regularly reviewed and updated.
Students receive immediate personalized feedback on their mistakes to guide their learning. Student grade reports and performance statistics are also provided, and full LMS integration, including gradebook synchronization, is available.
Harris Learning Solutions assessments are designed to not only test students but also to teach them to solve problems using intuitive methods, illustrations, and pedagogies.
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Solutions to exercises are provided at the end of the e-textbook for those adopting the Harris Learning Solutions assessment. Additionally, a variety of instructor solution manuals are available to support teaching and learning.
The instructor solution manual offers comprehensive, detailed solutions to all exercises in the textbook.
The detailed case solution manual provides in-depth solutions to the end of chapter case studies, while the brief case solution manual offers concise solutions to those same case studies.
The PowerPoint presentations (PPTs) are designed to teach every concept in the textbook. Steps in teaching concepts appear one by one through the creative use of animations to provide students with an inclusive learning experience. Instructors have the option of downloading and making modifications to any of the PPTs.
Harris Learning Solutions dashboards provide a real-time visual understanding of individual student and overall class performance as they progress through the lessons and assessments. The dashboards are used by both students and professors to identify the areas of weakness, and to improve the in-class and self-study focus.
The instructor dashboard provides a real-time visual understanding of individual student and overall class performance as they progress through the course. While viewing assessment performance, the dashboard provides instructors with the average percent mark on each assignment, test, or exam. They can also see the highest mark and average mark secured on every question.
LMS integration available through LTI 1.3 protocol, compatible with platforms such as Blackboard, D2L, Canvas, Moodle, and more.
Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook is an Open Education Resource (OER). All content is reviewed and updated regularly by subject matter experts, and the texts are adaptable; custom.
The Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook resource is available in a digital format on Apollo. The package will provide full access to the online resources, including assessment, engage app, slides, instructor solution manual, instructor detailed case solution manual, instructor brief case solution manual, excel file templates, exercises, and solutions to exercises provided at the end of the e-textbook.
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Title: Business Math: A Step-By-Step Handbook, Edition 2023-A
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