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Course name

Faculty name

YOUR COURSE MATERIALS

Irvin B. Tucker:

Economics for Today, 5e.

You will…

— be tested— receive homework

assignments— have reading assignments

…from these materials

WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?

— Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook.

— Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks.

Zogby International, 2006

GET THE GRADE RESOURCES!

— Aplia— ThomsonNOW— Study Guide— Economic Learning Path

Instant Access Code

Tutorials

Interactive tutorials if you need additional help with math, graphs, and statistics.

Problem Sets

Automatically graded homework problems with interactive graphing tools and built in feedback that correspond to your textbook.

Online Experiments

Real time, online market interactions that help you actively learn key economic concepts (and are also a lot of fun).

News Analyses

Regularly updated articles focused on core economics concepts with auto-graded problems, an article summary, and discussion questions

FOUR TOOLS TO HELP YOU SUCCEED!

SELF-PACED TUTORIALS THAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR OWN HELP YOU GET UP TO SPEED.

BOTH PRACTICE AND GRADED ASSIGNMENTS HELP YOU GRASP THE CONCEPTS

Online experiments allow you to experience how real economic markets work. And are a lot of fun!

NEWS ANALYSIS INTRODUCES YOU TO INTERESTING ARTICLES ABOUT EVERY-DAY ECONOMICS

APLIA…YOU HAVE CHOICES ON WHAT AND WHERE TO BUY

— The Aplia program is a Required component of your course. Embedded within every Aplia program is a digital edition of your South-Western Textbook. We call this Program + Digital text the Integrated Textbook Solution (ITS).

— If you choose to save money by only buying the ITS, you will have everything you need for the course, Aplia plus electronic access to your textbook material.

— If you decide that you want to have the physical textbook as well, you can buy a bundle which includes your physical textbook + ITS.

— Note: If you buy only the ITS and later decide that you also want a copy of the physical textbook, you can buy a physical textbook directly from Aplia at a discounted price.

Economics Learning Path Videos for Tucker featuring Steven Tomlinson.

Brief (approx 10 minutes) multimedia video lectures accompany almost every section of Tucker giving you explanations and examples that you can play over and over again.

LEARNING PATH VIDEO INSTANT ACCESS

Tucker 5e

— When there is a concept that you “just don’t get”

— When you would like to see a topic explained “just once more” before an exam or quiz.

Learning Path video access featuring Steven Tomlinson is available for this text. Its like office hours 24/7!

ISBN for Video Access:

0324561210

ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS?

— Study Guide

includes such student-friendly features as the chapter in a nutshell descriptions, key concepts review, learning objectives, fill-in-the-blank questions, step-by-step interpretation of the graph boxes, multiple-choice questions, true-false questions, and crossword puzzles.

The study guide is available at www.thomsonedu.com/economics/tucker

ISBN for Printed Study Guide:

0324359497    

YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK!

Purchase textbooks in the format and at the price that is right for you.

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Digital Options Electronic texts up to 50% off Individual chapters for as little as $1.99

Study Tools Study Guides, Online Homework Assistance, Audio Content, and more!

STUDENTS…PLEASE READ

If your textbook doesn’t already come with the helpful study aids we’ve discussed, go to your local college bookstore or go on-line to the iChapters.com.