Author’s Guide To Using Digital Tools

McGraw-Hill LearnSmart® is a popular tool that helps students learn material ahead of class and practice with it afterward.IassignLearnSmartbeforeeachweek’slecturesandletmystudentspracticewithitalltheywantthroughoutthesemester.Youcanassignanysectionsyouwantandadjusttheamountofdetaildependingonhowmuchtimeyouexpectstudentstospendontheassignment.

Reportsshowwhichtopicsstudentsstruggledwith,soyourin-classtimecanbespentmoreproductively.

New SmartBook™ measures what students know and then highlights the content they most need to study. SmartBookpredictswhenstudentsarelikelytoforgetspecificinformationandrevisitsthatcontenttopromotelong-termmemory.

McGraw-Hill Connect® question banks contain integrative activities that can be sorted by Bloom’s Level, Topic, Section, or Learning Outcome. IassignConnecthomeworkassignmentsusinginteractivequestionsbeforeeachexam.

Thiseditionfeaturesnewquestionbanksthatintegratecontentfromeachchapterintheunitandbetweenunits.

Connect reports reveal which topics need additional review prior to the exam.Reportscanhelpassessoverallclassperformanceordataforaspecificstudent,usingseveraldifferentcriteria.

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You can use McGraw-Hill Tegrity® to record your lectures and make them available to students in Connect as a first step to learning your content or as review.Whetheryourcourseistraditional,fullyonline,orahybrid,yourstudentscanaccessyourcontentwhenitworksforthem.

Studentscansearchyourlecturebykeytermandgorighttothatpointinyourlecturetoreview.

New customizable PowerPoint® Lecture Outlines are focused on concepts and are useful for online, hybrid, or traditional courses. Iuseclickersinmycourse,andIfindtheclickerquestionsinthePowerPoints®tobeahandywaytoincreasestudentengagementandassesswhereIneedtospendmoretime.

Use McGraw-Hill Create™ to develop course material that matches what you do in the classroom.Createletsyouselectthechaptersyouwanttouse,arrangethemtofollowyoursyllabus,combinematerialfromothersources,anduploadyourownnotes.

Youcanchoosethedeliverymethodthatbestsuitsyouandthestudentsyouteach.

http://create.mcgraw-hill.com

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Animated tutorials guide students through complicated topics, using illustrations and examples from the book. Icreatedthesetowalkstudentsthroughthemostdifficultmaterial,stepbystep.Youcanassignthetutorialswithaccompanyingcriticalthinkingquestionsfromtheinteractivequestionbanks,orusetheembeddedPowerPoint®filesinyourpresentations.

YourstudentscanreviewthetutorialsthroughtheeBookorbyusingthemediatabinConnect.Topicsinclude

OrganizationofLifeScientificMethodandInterpretingaGraphChemicalBondingDehydrationSynthesisandHydrolysisAnatomyofaCellMembraneATPEnzymesReactionEnergeticsOsmosisCellStructureOverviewofPhotosynthesisLightReactionsTheCalvinCycleOverviewofRespirationMitochondrialElectronTransportChainFermentationProteinStructureProteinSynthesisOverviewofDNAReplicationStagesofMitosisStagesofMeiosisComparisonofMitosisandMeiosisCrossingOverNondisjunctionHomologousChromosomesConstructingandInterpretingaPunnettSquareDNAProfilingMechanismsofEvolutionGeneticVariation:TheBasisofNaturalSelectionUnderstandingtheHardy–WeinbergEquationEvidenceforEvolutionEvidenceforHumanEvolutionRadiometricDatingReadinganEvolutionaryTreeOriginofLifeEndosymbiontTheoryViralReplicationLyticandLysogenicCyclesReplicationofHIVProkaryoteDiversityProtistDiversityPlantDiversity

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