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Aufmann, R. N., Barker, V. C., & Nation, R. D. (2011). College algebra. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Blair, R. (Ed.) (2006). Beyond crossroads: Implementing mathematics standards in the first two years of college. Memphis, Tennessee:
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges.
Blitzer, R. (2007). College algebra. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Charalambous, C., Delaney, S., Hsu, A., & Mesa, V. (2010). The addition and subtraction of fractions in the textbooks of three
countries: A comparative analysis. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 12(2), 117-151.
Hornsby, J., Lial, M., & Rockswold, G. (2011). A graphical approach to college algebra. Boston: Pearson Education.
Levitan, M., Kolman, B., & Shapiro, A. (2008). College algebra. Redding, CA: Best Value Textbooks Publishing.
McCallum, W. G., Hughes-Hallett, D., Davidian, A., Lovelock, D., & Shure, P. (2010). Algebra: Form and function. NJ: John Wiley &
Sons.
McKeague, C. P. (2008). Intermediate algebra: Washtenaw community college edition. OH: Thompson.
Martin-Gay, E. (2009). Beginning & intermediate algebra. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Mesa, V. (2010). Strategies for controlling the work in mathematics textbooks for introductory calculus. Research in Collegiate
Mathematics Education, 16, 235-265.
Ostebee, A., & Zorn, P. (2002). Single variable calculus from graphical, numerical, and symbolic points of view. United States:
Thomson Learning.
Rockswold, G. (2006). College algebra with modeling and visualization. Boston: Pearson Education.
Stein, M. K., Smith, M. S., Henningsen, M., & Silver, E. A. (2000). Implementing standards-based mathematics I nstruction. New York:
Teachers College Press.
Sullivan, M. (2008). College algebra. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
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