Acknowledgements

Support for the development of this text came from a ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks Through an Equity Lens) grant with the help of the Rebus Community. The following individuals should be commended for their contributions to grant activities

Fitchburg State University ROTEL Liaisons Connie Strittmatter and Jacalyn Kremer

The ROTEL team Marilyn Billings – PST(Publishing Support Team) Coordinator, Vicky Gavin – Technical Editor, Minh Le – Media Specialist (H5P), Rick Lizotte – Editor, Jessica Egan – Editor,  Michelle Cromwell – ROTEL DEI Consultant, Barbara Ambos – ROTEL Grant OER Administrative Coordinator

Rebus Textbook Success Program facilitator Amy L. Minervini

Nermin Bayazit was instrumental in the creation of this text as a content contributor and peer reviewer who piloted the text while it was still in development.   Furthermore, her background in mathematics education was extremely helpful in tailoring the text for future teachers and making it inclusive.

Last but certainly not least, I want to thank my students. I was teaching this course while I was developing the material for this text and received valuable feedback from them in real time that motivated many content and format adjustments.