Ecology: The Economy of Nature

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Features of Achieve include: - Online Homework Questions and Assessments contain hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions designed to guide students as they study ecology and provide instructors with immediate feedback on student performance. - Tutorial Videos provide an office-hour-like experience for students on the most difficult concepts in ecology. Tutorial videos can also be assigned in Achieve with assessment so students may check their understanding. - LearningCurve’s Adaptive Quizzing puts the concept of "testing to learn" into action, motivating students to engage with the text's content to identify areas of proficiency. Easy-to-use reporting tools help teachers pinpoint areas to focus on in class. Features of the text include: - Chapter-Opening Case Studies foreshadow the concepts of each chapter while also conveying the dynamic nature of ecology as a modern science in which discoveries continue to be made today. - Ecology Today: Applying the Concepts boxes provide examples of applied ecology that bring together the major concepts of the chapter and present questions to demonstrate their practical importance in a variety of arenas, including human health, conservation, and managing our environment. - Working with Ecological Data boxes teach statistical and data analysis tools that ecologists use every day; “Your turn” questions require students to practice using the tools they’ve learned. - Graphing the Data Activities, Found at the end of each chapter, give students additional practice with quantitative skills, particularly with creating and interpreting graphs. - Global Change icons point to discussions of global scale topics, critical to a modern approach to ecology. This brings to the forefront how real ecological issues impact students’ daily lives. new_to_this_editionAchieve Online Homework The 9th edition of Ecology: The Economy of Nature is now supported in Achieve. Achieve supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction Macmillan’s new online learning tool Achieve features intuitive design, assessment, insights, and reporting built with the direct input of students, educators, and our learning science team. Achieve for The Basic Practice of Statistics features The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding ecology content provides an unrivalled learning experience. Features of Achieve include: - Learning Objectives tagged to assessments within Achieve. - In-Class Activity Guides to facilitate active learning during class time. - Homework questions, each with hints, answer-specific feedback, and a fully worked solution. - LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. - An interactive e-book, powered by VitalSource. - Interactive student resources offer additional practice including Graphing the Data Activities and Working with Ecological Data boxes. Content Updates in the Ninth Edition - Questions added to Ecology Today boxes require students to digest what they’ve learned and apply concepts from the chapter to the closing story. These are designed to spark classroom discussion as well. - Increased number of questions in Working with Ecological Data boxes require students to make calculations and draw graphs. - Expanded Ecological Problem Solving boxes require students to graph data and answer questions, create hypotheses of their own. - New figure questions -- five in each chapter -- require students to think about the figures. - All chapters have been updated with new studies/research, while maintaining the classical studies ecologists refer to.

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