Description
With a long history of innovation in the market, Larson/Edwards’ Calculus, International Metric Edition has been widely praised by a generation of students and professors for solid and effective pedagogy that addresses the needs of a broad range of teaching and learning styles and environments. This edition clearly presents and effectively demonstrates the concepts and rules of calculus with a student-focused approach. It offers a wealth of learning support and digital resources – all thoroughly updated and refined using proven learning design principles that remove typical barriers to learning to create a carefully planned, inclusive experience for all students.

What's NewFeatures

• New ‘Big Ideas of Calculus’ notes focus on a deeper understanding of core concepts. Each chapter introduces the overarching or primary ideas behind the chapter's topics and includes a clear summary of key concepts. Conceptual exercises further solidify students' understanding while follow-up exercises demonstrate how to apply the concepts students are learning.
• New automatically graded proof problems in WebAssign build confidence. These online Proof Problems help develop an understanding of the entire process of writing proofs with carefully crafted practice opportunities and immediate feedback.
• New expanded problems in WebAssign require students to show work to ensure understanding. These online Expanded Problems go beyond the basic exercises to ask students to show the specific steps of their work or to explain the reasoning behind the answers they have provided.
• Strong student-focused approach provides clear guidance and learning features. This is enhanced by section-level objectives, clearly stated theorems and definitions, as well as engaging exploration features and helpful remarks.
• Carefully designed exercise sets offer relevant and rigorous practice. The exercise sets have been extensively examined to ensure they offer an appropriate level of difficulty and relevant content. Conceptual and multi-step questions and real-life exercises reinforce problem-solving skills and mastery of concepts by giving students the opportunity to apply the concepts in real-life situations.
• Unique ‘How Do You See It?’ exercises provide visually driven practice with concepts. These exercises for each section present a problem that students solve through visual inspection, using the concepts learned from the lesson just completed.
• Step-by-step solution videos, exercise solutions and other tutorial support are available from CalcView.com, CalcChat.com and LarsonCalculus.com.
• WebAssign provides online tools to build confidence and elevate performance. WebAssign digital resources provide instant access to expertly designed support for both instructor and students, including additional practice and instructional videos. This high-quality, affordable content offers you both built-in flexibility and control.