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Welcome. Course name Faculty name. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS. Strong/Devault/Cohen The Marriage & Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society, 10e You will… be tested receive homework assignments have reading assignments …from these materials.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Strong/Devault/Cohen • The Marriage & Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society, 10e • 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. WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION? • The book has been streamlined and is now more concise at 15 chapters. • "Popular Culture" feature includes a discussion of media and how it reflects and/or impacts modern families, with topics such as the 'family values' debate over Sponge Bob Square Pants and gender in video games. • Coverage of high-interest issues such as the rights and benefits of marriage (or the rights not enjoyed by non-hetero couples), the meaning of virginity, conceptualizing a disaster (such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina), are explored in the new feature "Issues & Insights."

  5. GET THE GRADE RESOURCES! • Study Guide • Marriage & Families Activities Workbook • Free Companion Website

  6. FREE COMPANION WEBSITE! Great for test prep!

  7. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Study Guide • Contains a chapter focus statement, key learning objectives, key terms with page references, chapter outlines, assignments, critical thinking questions, Internet activities and websites, and practice tests. ISBN for Study Guide: 0495100382

  8. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Marriage & Families Activities Workbook • What are your risks of divorce? Do you have healthy dating practices? What is your cultural and ancestral heritage and how does it affect your family relationships? The answers to these and many more questions are found in this workbook of nearly a hundred interactive self-assessment quizzes designed for students studying marriage and family. ISBN for Activities Workbook: 0534273599

  9. 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!

  10. 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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