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Welcome. Course name Faculty name. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS. Roger Arnold: Economics, 8th Ed. 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 • Roger Arnold: • Economics, 8th Ed. • 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 • Learning Path Video Access

  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-NOW! • Personalized Study Plan • Interactive Examples • Online Live Tutoring

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

  8. Economics Learning Path Videos for Arnold featuring Steven Tomlinson. Brief (approx 10 minutes) multimedia video lectures accompany almost every section of Arnold giving you explanations and examples that you can play over and over again.

  9. LEARNING PATH VIDEO for Arnold- Featuring Steven Tomlinson ACCESS Arnonld 8/e • 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. ISBN for Video Access: 0324543190

  10. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Study Guide • reinforces student learning with a list of key concepts and terms, review questions and problems, short-answer exercises asking "what is wrong" or "what has been overlooked" in a list of statements, and multiple-choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank practice questions. ISBN for Study Guide: 0324538359

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  12. 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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