Lyryx Assessment for Economics is a leading-edge online assessment system, designed to support both students and instructors. The assessment takes the form of a homework assignment called a Lab. The assessments are algorithmically generated and automatically graded so that students get instant grades and feedback. New Labs are randomly generated each time, providing the student with unlimited opportunities to try a type of question. After they submit a Lab for marking, students receive extensive feedback on their work, thus promoting their learning experience.

Lyryx for the student offers algorithmically generated and automatically graded assignments. Students get instant grades and instant feedback—no need to wait until the next class to find out how well they did! Grades are instantly recorded in a grade book that the student can view.

Students are motivated to do their labs for two reasons: fi rst because it can be tied to assessment, and second because they can try the Lab as many times as they wish prior to the due date with only their best grade being recorded.

Instructors know from experience that if students do their economics homework, they will be successful in the course. Recent research regarding the use of Lyryx has shown that when Labs are tied to assessment, even if worth only a small percentage of the total grade of the course, students WILL do their homework—and MORE THAN ONCE!

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Online Learning Centre This electronic learning aid offers materials including chapter highlights, key terms, the Origin of the Idea, and access to the Statistics Canada free database. Highly visible Web icons in the text margins alert students to points in the book where they can springboard to the site to learn more. There also are regular news updates and an interactive glossary—all specific to Macroeconomics. For the math-minded student, there is a “Math” section, where they can explore the mathematical details of the concepts in the text. There are also three optional bonus Web chapters.

CONNECT Developed in partnership with Youthography, a Canadian youth research company, and hundreds of students from across Canada, McGraw-Hill Connect™ embraces diverse study behaviours and preferences to maximize active learning and engagement. With McGraw-Hill Connect™, written by Lance Shandler of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, students complete pre- and post-diagnostic assessments that identify knowledge gaps and point them to concepts they need to learn. McGraw-Hill Connect™ provides students the option to work through recommended learning exercises and create their own personalized study plan using multiple sources of content, including a searchable e-book, multiple-choice and true/false quizzes, chapter-by-chapter learning goals, interactivities, personal notes, videos, and more. Using the copy, paste, highlight, and sticky note features, students collect, organize, and customize their study plan content to optimize learning outcomes.

Instructor’s Manual The Instructor’s Manual is prepared by Thomas Barbiero of Ryerson University, and Shawn D. Knabb of Western Washington University. Available again in this edition as a Microsoft® Office Word document, the manual includes: Chapter Overview, What’s New, Instructional Objectives, Comments and Teaching Suggestions, Student Stumbling Blocks, Lecture Notes, Last Word, and answers to end-of-chapter questions.

Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Software Prepared by Bruno Fullone of George Brown College, this presentation system is found on the Instructor’s Site of the Online Learning Centre. It offers visual presentations that may be edited and manipulated to fit a particular course format.

Computerized Test Banks Prepared by Nargess Kayhani, Mount St. Vincent University, Computerized Test Bank I contains about 6000 multiple-choice and true/false questions. Rob Moir, University of New Brunswick, has prepared over 30 short-answer questions with suggested answers for each chapter. Also included is U.S. Test Bank II. This test bank contains around 6300 multiple choice and true/false questions. All questions are categorized according to level and difficulty. In addition, content cartridges are available for the course management systems WebCT and Blackboard. These platforms provide instructors with user-friendly, flexible teaching tools. Please contact your local McGraw-Hill Ryerson iLearning Sales Specialist for details.

McGraw-Hill Connect™ assessment activities don’t stop with students! There is material for instructors to leverage as well, including a personalized teaching plan where instructors can choose from a variety of quizzes to use in class, assign as homework, or add to exams. They can edit existing questions and add new ones; track individual student performance—by question, assignment, or in relation to the class overall—with detailed grade reports; integrate grade reports easily with Learning Management Systems such as WebCT and Blackboard; and much more. Instructors can also browse or search teaching resources and text specific supplements and organize them into customizable categories. All the teaching resources are now located in one convenient place.
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