Teaching Tips

Follow the links below to access a teaching tip for an activity within each cluster. For further tips within the clusters, refer to the Instructor's Resource Guide. Please send an e-mail to the authors at bgray@howardcc.edu if you would like to share your experiences and tips with other professors.

Chapter 1 Function Sense

Cluster 1 Modeling with Functions
Cluster 2 Linear Functions
Cluster 3 Systems of Linear Equations and Absolute Value Functions
Cluster 4 Probability Functions and Statistical Reasoning

Chapter 2 The Algebra of Functions

Cluster 1 Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication of Functions
Cluster 2 Composition and Inverse of Functions

Chapter 3 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Cluster 1 Exponential Functions
Cluster 2 Logarithmic Functions

Chapter 4 Quadratic and Higher-Order Polynomial Functions

Cluster 1 Introduction to Quadratic Functions
Cluster 2 Problem Solving using Quadratic Functions
Cluster 3 Curving Fitting and Higher-Order Polynomial Functions

Chapter 5 Rational and Radical Functions

Cluster 1 Rational Functions
Cluster 2 Radical Functions and Equations

Chapter 6 Introduction to the Trigonometric Functions

Cluster 1 Introducting the Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Functions
Cluster 2 Why Are the Trigonometric Functions Called Circular?

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