Hallmark Features

  • Accessible, student-friendly writing style: Engages students to read and understand the concepts and encourages critical thinking.
  • "Life Lessons" offer effective methods of thinking that students will retain and apply beyond the classroom.
  • End-of-Section Mindscape Activities promote the development of application, problem solving, and argumentation skills.
  • Activities that encourage collaborative learning and group work like the hands-on manipulative kit direct students to model their thinking and actively explore the world around them.
  • "A Look Back" provides a review of concepts taught in that section.
  • Technology Icons located throughout the book indicate an interactive activity available online (e-manipulatives).
  • Visual techniques inspire students to model their thinking and actively explore the world around them.
  • WileyPLUS for The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking, 4th Edition provides a research-based, online environment for effective teaching and learning. WileyPLUS builds students’ confidence because it takes the guesswork out of studying by providing students with a clear roadmap: what to do, how to do it, if they did it right.

New to This Edition

  • "For the Algebra Lover" Mindscapes are now in each section. These problems were added for students who want to practice their computational skills and for instructors who prefer to integrate more algebra into this course.
  • New Chapter 6 covers graph theory.