Instructor's Supplements: Instructor's Resource CD-ROM (9780073272320 / 0073272329)
Contains the Instructor's Resource Manual, Test Bank, PowerPoints, and art from the book. - Instructor's Manual contains the following elements for each chapter: What Is This Chapter All About?, New to This Edition, Lecture Launchers, Common Student Errors, Headline List, Annotated Outline, Mini-Debates (to prepare individual students for in-class debates with additional reading), Answers to End of Chapter Questions and Problems, Answers to Web Activities, and Print Media Exercise. The IM also contains Mini-Debate Projects (7 projects that cut across all the chapters with focus questions and additional reading), and Structured Controversies (for small groups, no additional reading).
- Electronic Test Bank contains about 40% new and revised questions, with approximately 2,500 total questions. The questions are coded as to level of difficulty and are given a text page reference to where the underlying concept is discussed. The questions are available electronically in MS Word and EZ Test v.6.0.
- PowerPoints present each chapter's key graphs and illustrations along with lecture notes.
Printed Test Bank (9780073272344 / 0073272345)
The test bank contains about 40% new and revised questions, with approximately 2,500 total questions. The questions are coded as to level of difficulty and are given a text page reference to where the underlying concept is discussed. The test bank is also available electronically on the Instructor's Resource CD. Website www.mhhe.com/economics/schilleressentials6
The Instructor Center contains the Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, suggested answers to the Web Activities, Mini-Debates, and Structured Controversies, as well as occasional updates in the form of “News Flashes” written by Brad Schiller describing major economic events that happened after the publication of this edition and relating them to specific topics in the text. Student's Supplements: Study Guide (9780073272337 / 0073272337)
The Study Guide helps students develop quantitative skills and the use of economic terminology and enhances critical thinking capabilities. Each chapter includes the following features: Quick Review, Learning Objectives, Using Key terms, True/False Practice Questions, Multiple Choice Practice Questions, Problems and Applications, Common Errors. At the end of each chapter, answers are provided to all problems, exercises, and questions. Website www.mhhe.com/economics/schilleressentials6
The Student Center contains Chapter Summaries, Key Terms, PowerPoints, Mini-Debates, and Structured Controversies. Students can also test their own understanding through “self-quizzes” for each chapter. These quizzes are made up of 25-30 multiple choice questions per chapter, and they have a self-grading function that allows students to see their results and email them to their instructor. |