Rethinking the Textbook Through LaunchPad

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Ordinarily, textbooks are developed by first writing chapters, then making decisions about art and images, and finally assembling a test bank and ancillary media. Biology: How Life Works develops the text, visual program, and assessment at the same time. These three threads are tied to the same set of core concepts, share a common language, and use the same visual palette, which ensures a seamless learning experience for students throughout the course.

The text, visuals, and assessments come together most effectively through LaunchPad, Macmillan’s integrated learning management system. In LaunchPad, students and instructors can access all components of Biology: How Life Works.

LaunchPad resources for How Life Works are flexible and aligned. Instructors have the ability to select the visuals, assessments, and activities that best suit their classroom and students. All resources are aligned to one another as well as to the text to ensure effectiveness in helping students build skills and develop knowledge necessary for a foundation in biology.

NEW IN LAUNCHPAD FOR BIOLOGY: HOW LIFE WORKS, SECOND EDITION

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Functionality to search the question database and filter questions for a number of variables including Core Concept, difficulty level, Bloom’s level, and class setting allows instructors to make best use of the robust assessment assets of How Life Works.
New question types include sequenced questions and multiple true-false. Learn more on page xviii.
Metadata tags for each question show at a glance information, including instructional guidance for select questions.

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LAUNCHPAD

Where content counts.

Where service matters.

Where students learn.

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Powerful, Simple, and Inviting

LaunchPad for How Life Works includes:

The complete Biology: How Life Works interactive e-Book

Carefully curated multimedia visuals and assessments, assignable by the instructor and easily accessible by students.

LearningCurve adaptive quizzing that puts “testing to learn” into action, with individualized question sets and feedback for each student based on his or her correct and incorrect responses. All the questions are tied back to the e-Book to encourage students to use the resources at hand.

Pre-built units that are easy to adapt and augment to fit your course.

A Gradebook that provides clear feedback to students and instructors on performance in the course as a whole and individual assignment.

LMS integration allows LaunchPad to be easily integrated into your school’s learning management system so your Gradebook and roster are always in sync.

LEARNINGCURVE

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Students agree that LearningCurve is extremely helpful in their studies.

Macmillan’s LearningCurve adaptive quizzing is part of almost every LaunchPad and has been enthusiastically embraced by students and instructors alike. LearningCurve provides specific feedback for every question and includes links to relevant sections of the e-Book. Questions are written exclusively for the LaunchPad in which they are offered and the question banks are robust and varied.

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