Supplements for Students:

Online Learning Center

At www.mcconnellbriefmicro1e.com students have access to several learning aids.  Along with the Interactive Graphs, Worked Problems, and Origin of the Idea pieces, the student portion of the Website includes web-based study questions, self-grading quizzes, and PowerPoint presentations.  For math-minded students, there is a “See the Math” section, written by Norris Peterson, where the mathematical details of the concepts in the text can be explored.

Premium Content

The Premium Content, available at the Online Learning Center, offers a range of dynamic study aids to the student.  Premium Content enables the student to study and self-test on their computer or on the go.

• Study Guide One of the world’s leading experts on economic education—William Walstad of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln—has prepared the Study Guide.  Each chapter contains an introductory statement, a checklist of behavioral objectives, an outline, a list of important terms, fill-in questions, problems and projects, objective questions, and discussion questions.  The text’s glossary is repeated in the Study Guide so that the student does not have to go back and forth between books.  Many students will find this “portable tutor” indispensable.
• Narrated PowerPoint presentations enable students to see key concepts and hear the explanation simultaneously.
• The Solman Videos, a set of more than 250 minutes of video created by Paul Solman of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, cover core economic concepts such as elasticity, deregulation, and perfect competition.
• Chapter quizzes, created by Emilio Gomez of Palomar College, can be purchased and downloaded to an iPod, mp3 player, or desktop computer.

McGraw-Hill Connect Economics

Connect Economics is a complete, online supplement system that duplicates and expands upon the textbook's end-of chapter material and test banks.  Nearly all the questions from the text, including the numerous graphing exercises, are presented in an autogradable format and tied to the text's learning objectives.  Instructors may edit existing questions and author entirely new problems.  Connect Economics can be used for student practice, homework, quizzes, and formal examinations.  Detailed grade reports enable instructors to see how each student performs on a particular problem, a full assignment, and in the context of the overall class.  The Connect Economics grade reports can be easily integrated with WebCT and Blackboard.  Connect Economics is also available with an integrated online version of the textbook.  With a single access code, students can read the eBook, work through practice problems, do homework, and take exams.

CourseSmart eTextbook

For roughly half the cost of a print book you can reduce your impact on the environment by buying the McConnell, Brue, and Flynn Microeconomics, Brief Edition, eText.  CourseSmart eTextbooks, available in a standard online reader, retain the exact content and look of the print text, plus offer the advantage of digital navigation to which students are accustomed.  Students can search the text, highlight, take notes, and use email tools to share notes with their classmates.  CourseSmart also includes tech support in case help is ever needed.  To buy Microeconomics, Brief Edition as an eText, or learn more about this digital solution, visit www.CourseSmart.com and search by title, author, or ISBN.

Supplements for Instructors:

Instructor’s Manual

Darlene De Vera of De Anza College has prepared the Instructor’s Manual.  It includes chapter learning objectives, outlines, and summaries; numerous teaching suggestions; discussions of “student stumbling blocks;” listings of data and visual aid sources with suggestions for classroom use; and answers to the end-of-chapter study questions.  Available in MS Word on the instructor’s side of the Website and on the Instructor’s Resource CD, instructors can print portions of the contents, complete with their own additions and alterations, for use as student handouts or in whatever ways they wish.  This capability includes printing answers to the end-of-chapter questions.

Test Bank 

The Microeconomics, Brief Edition Test Bank, originally written by William Walstad and newly compiled and updated by Mohammad Bajwa of Northampton Community College, contains multiple choice and true-false questions.  Each question is tied to a learning objective, topic, and AACSB Assurance of Learning and Bloom's Taxonomy guidelines.  While crafting tests in EZTest Online, instructors can use the whole chapter, scramble questions, and narrow the group by selecting the above criteria.  The Test Bank is also available in MS Word on the instructor's side of the Website.

PowerPoints

Galina Hale created these in-depth slides to accompany lectures. The slides highlight all the main points of each chapter and include key figures and tables from the text.  Each slide is tied to a learning objective.

Digital Image Library   

Every graph and table in the text is available on the Website.  These figures allow instructors to create their own PowerPoint presentations and lecture materials.