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Welcome. 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?.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Irvin B. Tucker: • Economics for Today, 5e. • You will… • be tested • receive homework assignments • have reading assignments • …from these materials

  3. 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

  4. GET THE GRADE RESOURCES! • ThomsonNOW • Study Guide • Economic Learning Path Instant Access Code

  5. WHAT IS THOMSONNOW? • ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use online resource that helps you study in less time to get the grade you want! • Personalized Study Plan • Graphing Workshops • Games • eBook • Interactive Exercises

  6. WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER GRADE? • 87.3% of students agree using ThomsonNOW regularly helped them perform better on exams. • 83.9% of students agree that Personalized Study was a valuable study tool. • 95% of students responded that using ThomsonNOW on a regular basis helped them get a better grade • 82.7% of students are likely to tell a friend about ThomsonNOW YES!

  7. HOW CAN THOMSONNOW HELP ME PREPARE FOR EXAMS AND UNDERSTAND THE COURSE MATERIAL?

  8. HOW CAN THOMSONNOW HELP ME PREPARE FOR EXAMS AND UNDERSTAND THE COURSE MATERIAL?

  9. TECHNICAL SUPPORT http://www.thomsonedu.com/support

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK! Purchase textbooks in the format and at the price that is right for you. Print Options NEWprint textbooks at up to 25%off, shipped free! 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!

  14. 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.

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