Instructor Supplements

DiscoverEcon with Paul Solman Videos DiscoverEcon with Paul Solman Videos: We have created interactive tutorial and homework management software called DiscoverEcon. DiscoverEcon provides both the best-selling tutorial software for Principles of Economics, including brand-new videos featuring Paul Solman of the Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, and a powerful course management tool. This product includes 240 minutes of video that focuses on explaining introductory economic concepts in a real-world, student-friendly manner. The web site portion of the product includes updated graphing applets, interactive exercises, animated tutorials, and hundreds of multiple-choice questions to test student comprehension in each book chapter. The videos are integrated into the online software. The result is an integrated and comprehensive study tool that brings the material alive. Students will learn more, and instructors spend less time grading homework.

Instructors Resource CD [9780073210056 / 0073210056] This remarkable Windows software program, which contains the complete Instructor's Manual, Computerized Test Bank, PowerPoints, and a full set of lecture notes for principles of microeconomics, prepared by Bob Frank for his successful introductory course at Cornell University, also allows the instructor to create presentations from any of the materials on the CD or from additional material that can be imported.

Instructor's Manual [9780073210049 /0073210048] In addition to such general topics as Using the Web Site, Economic Education Resources, Innovative Ideas, and Tips for Teaching, there will be for each chapter: An Overview, An Outline, Core Principles, Important Concepts, Teaching Objectives, Web Site Applications, In-Class Activities, More Economic Naturalists, Answers to Textbook Problems, Sample Homework, and a Sample Reading Quiz.

Test Bank t/a Principles of Macroeconomics [9780073210094 / 0073210099] Prepared by Nancy Jianakoplos at Colorado State University, this manual contains nearly 3000 multiple-choice questions categorized by Teaching Objective (from the Study Guide); Learning Level (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis); Type (graph, calculation, word problem); and Source (textbook, Study Guide, Web, unique).

Computerized Test Bank (Win and Mac) t/a Principles of Macroeconomics The print test bank is also available in the latest EZ Test exam-generating software, ensuring maximum flexibility in test preparation, including the reconfiguring of graphing exercises. This is the gold standard of testing programs.

PowerPoints t/a Principles of Macroeconomics Prepared by Steve Smith and Jeff Caldwell at Rose State, these slides contain all of the illustrations in the textbook, along with a detailed, chapter-by-chapter review of the important ideas presented in the textbook. These teachers have done PowerPoints for many books at both the principles and intermediate level. These PowerPoints will be available on the OLC and the IRCD?

Overhead Transparencies t/a Principles of Macroeconomics [on demand] More than 150 four-color acetates contain all the illustrations presented in the textbook.

Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/economics/frankbernanke3) For teachers there are, among other things, an on-line newsletter called “Teaching Using the Web”; the Instructor's Manual; the PowerPoints; Economics on the Web, an annotated set of URL's/links to sites of interest to economists; a graphing library; along with a description of what's on the student site and some Optional Material from the book.

Student Supplements

DiscoverEcon with Paul Solman Videos DiscoverEcon with Paul Solman Videos: We have created interactive tutorial and homework management software called DiscoverEcon. DiscoverEcon provides both the best-selling tutorial software for Principles of Economics, including brand-new videos featuring Paul Solman of the Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, and a powerful course management tool. This product includes 240 minutes of video that focuses on explaining introductory economic concepts in a real-world, student-friendly manner. The website portion of the product includes updated graphing applets, interactive exercises, animated tutorials, and hundreds of multiple-choice questions to test student comprehension in each book chapter. The videos are integrated into the online software. The result is an integrated and comprehensive study tool that brings the material alive. Students will learn more, and instructors spend less time grading homework.

Study Guide t/a Principles of Macroeconomics [9780073210070 / 0073210072] Written by Jack Mogab of Texas State University-San Marcos, this book, provides the following elements for each chapter: a Pretest; a Learning Objective Grid; a Key Point Review with Learning Tips; some Self-Tests (Key Term Matching, Multiple Choice, Problems) with answers; and an extension of the guide to the Web Site, where students may practice with graphing.

Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/economics/frankbernanke3) For students there are such useful and exciting features for the book as a whole as Interpreting the News—articles and summaries of relevant articles with analysis and discussion questions; a Math Tutor—help for those whose math skills are rusty; email Updates—periodic sending of information/study tips; the Glossary from the textbook; and Economics on the Web—annotated URL's useful for economics students. Additionally, for each chapter there is an Electronic Learning Session that opens with a brief recap of the chapter, is then followed by a test with answers and analysis; and is followed by a set of study sessions based on Economic Naturalist Exercises; Graphing Exercises; PowerPoints; and Key Terms; and which is finally followed by a second quiz, with answers and analysis.