Student Guide and Syllabus
The Student Guide clearly explains how the course content is organized so that students can focus on learning, not trying to figure out where to find information.

Instructors customize the syllabus to fit their course, adding information such as a class schedule with important dates, any additional requirements or resources, and grading policies.

Chapter Overview, Objectives, and Pretests
Each chapter begins with a brief overview and a list of the chapter learning objectives.

Students take a pretest prior to beginning each chapter in order to self-assess their current knowledge of the chapter topics and help determine where to focus their efforts as they go through the chapter. Feedback pointing students to the relevant section for each question is provided. The pretest is delivered through and graded by the course management system.

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Lessons, Interactive Examples, Animations, Practice Problems, Videos, and Quizzes
Each chapter is broken into sections, and within each section are lessons with animations and interactive examples, video lectures, PDF practice worksheets and algorithmically generated practice problems, worked solution videos, and quizzes. Some topics also have related Java activities for further exploration of concepts.

Lessons give students a thorough, straightforward presentation of the material, broken into small "chunks" of content. There is no extraneous information, allowing students to focus on the key elements of the specific concepts being conveyed. Equivalent to a traditional textbook explanation and lecture presentation, lessons allow students to set their own pace as they move through the material.

Within lessons, animations provide an additional presentation of concepts and interactive tutorial examples guide students step-by-step through problem solving, with hints for completing each step. Students are able to consider each step before requesting a hint.

Problem Set 1 (PDF files with answers and worked solutions) and Problem Set 2 (algorithmically generated problems with hints and solutions) are provided for each section

Three complete sets of automatically graded quizzes and an algorithmic quiz option are provided for each section. This allows the instructor to monitor individual student progress on a regular basis.

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Chapter Review
A PDF file organizing and summarizing the important topics and formulas presented in the chapter.

Chapter Posttest
A CMS-driven posttest is provided for students' self-assessment, allowing them to seek help where needed before the chapter exam. Feedback pointing students to the relevant section for review is provided for each question.

Chapter Exams
Three versions of a comprehensive end-of-chapter exam are available and delivered through and graded by the course management system. There is also an algorithmic exam option. The exam is intended to count toward the student's grade. Chapter question banks with 40-70 additional items are provided to Instructors.

Midterm and Final Exams
Two sets of mid-term exams and four sets of final exams are provided. These are intended to count toward the student's grade, and are also delivered through and graded by the course management system. There is also an algorithmic midterm/final exam option.

Course Management
We have partnered with Blackboard^TM and WebCT^TM, the leading content management systems in higher education, to provide you with the best assessment, communication, and classroom management tools widely available. We also provide Instructor Notes that contain some tips for teaching online and for adding your own content to the course, if desired.

Scientific Calculator
A free, Windows-based scientific calculator is available to students.

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