Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Jon Rogawski; Colin Adams; Robert Franzosa
4th Edition | ©2019
Math
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Every student has the potential to succeed in math—it just takes the right support and coaching to help concepts click. Help students build confidence, discover new ways of thinking, and experience those breakthrough “aha” moments that make learning stick—no matter their math background.
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Achieve Courseware
An all-in-one platform designed to improve learning outcomes, spark curiosity, and inspire deeper learning.
Impactful Homework & Assessments
Achieve helps students truly learn and understand math through interactive homework and customizable assessments. With features like an easy-to-use math palette, a powerful grading algorithm, and customizable assessments, you can create personalized learning experiences for students.
Dynamic feedback, step-by-step solutions, and tools like adaptive quizzes and video-enhanced homework help students build problem-solving skills and master concepts. Coming soon—the AI Student Tutor for Math, available 24/7 to guide students through homework, break down concepts, and build real understanding.
Contact your rep to learn more about the AI Tutor.
Interactive Graphing with Desmos
Bring math to life with Desmos-powered interactive graphing tools! These hands-on activities and assessments help students explore graphical relationships, and build stronger visualization skills. Plus, Achieve offers Graded Graph homework exercises, where students can plot points and functions directly on a graph, and answer related questions. It’s an engaging way to deepen understanding and make math more dynamic for your students!
Interactive Video Activities
From whiteboard-style walkthroughs to interactive video activities, students get clear, visual explanations that bring concepts to life. Prerequisite review videos reinforce foundational skills, while expert-led tutorials—including content from YouTube educator Patrick JMT—make problem-solving strategies easy to follow.
Activities that Spark Active Learning
Prebuilt Instructor Activity Guides help turn classrooms into dynamic, active learning environments, perfect for both in-person and online courses. Each guide dives into a single topic, inspiring students to collaborate through questions, group work, presentations, and simulations that make math come alive! Paired with *iClicker, these guides help maintain student engagement, foster participation, and provide immediate feedback on student understanding.
*iClicker is included with most Achieve courses, at no additional cost.
Custom Content
Create and customize materials for your specific course, reflecting your teaching style and course objectives.
Customizable Content
For mathematics labs or custom lecture resources, create engaging experiences with fully customizable materials. With expert support, you can take your current content to the next level, or combine your content with Macmillan’s pre-built tools, interactives, and assessments to align with your course objectives and support student success.
Support Every Step of the Way
Not sure where to start? The Macmillan Learning team works with you to bring your vision to life, whether it’s adapting a textbook, developing custom assessments, or integrating multimedia content. Whatever your course needs, customization puts you in control.
Instructor Resources
Support your teaching and simplify your workflow with ready-to-use tools, analytics, and expert support.
Ready-to-Use Resources
Save time with Achieve’s prebuilt and customizable resources, including assessments, test banks, lecture slides, and classroom activities—all designed to enhance your teaching without extra prep work. Create or log in to your instructor account to access these valuable tools!
Powerful Classroom Analytics
Stay on top of your class's progress with powerful analytics tools. Achieve’s gradebook and reporting features track student performance, giving educators the insights they need to provide support at the right time. With iClicker, get instant feedback on student understanding and adjust lessons in real-time to ensure no one falls behind.
Dedicated Instructor Support, Always
Macmillan Learning’s team is here to help with tailored resources, training, demos, and best practices to meet your teaching goals. Need support? Schedule a demo or training anytime.
The Impact of Learning Science and Research
Empower student success with evidence-based product experiences in Math.
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Sync Macmillan Learning tools with your LMS for easy access to assignments, grades, and course materials—all in one place.
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What’s in the secret sauce of Achieve and the brand new AI Tutor*?
Curious why students love the AI Tutor? Its Socratic-style guidance helps them develop a deeper understanding on their own and offers support whenever they need it. Schedule a personalized demo to see it in action, or contact your rep to learn more!
*The AI Tutor for math is currently in development and will be available soon.
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Achieve in Action: Oregon State’s Calculus Success
Struggling students, complex concepts, and the challenge of keeping them engaged—Oregon State University tackled it all with Achieve for Calculus. Learn how Achieve improves engagement, active learning, and student understanding.
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Discover how Achieve empowers students to master challenging Precalculus and Calculus concepts, fostering deeper engagement and better learning outcomes.
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