Books & Ebooks
This instructor believes it may be necessary to update the tools to meet current electronic media available to students to enhance longevity of the text. The textbook content is up-to-date and students will find the information relevant to their personal and academic lives. The book is written to be accessible to students who are working to understand the college experience and the challenges they may encounter. The information provided is developed as opinion and advice, interspersed with references to learning models and strategies.
Returning this excess stock, which includes shipping charges and publisher’s penalty fees, is a significant expense. This policy protects our customers from changes or mistakes beyond their control and allows equal access to used books while helping us more closely match our inventory to anticipated sales. If you have any further questions physiology about this policy feel free to contact us. If you drop or change a course, or if you have purchased the wrong book, a full refund of the purchase price is given on all course materials during the Drop-Add period. You must provide proof in the form of a current Class Schedule. Textbooks orders can be placed online at hope.verbacompare.com.
Inclusive Access converts physical course materials into instantly accessible, totally interactive and adaptive digital content, while drastically reducing the cost to students. In short, CSI is beginning to upgrade our textbook model to improve access and affordability with 21st century tools. Using the library allows you to access the books you need for free. Depending on your school, you might even be able to check out a book for an entire semester.
Other options like subscription models provide unlimited access to a range of textbooks, open course materials, online homework access codes and study guides, all for one price. Only around one-third of instructors acknowledged the e-textbook option in their syllabus. Verbalizing the purchasing options for students in the syllabus can further increase awareness of the digital option and also lets students know e-textbook use is acceptable. About one-third of instructors provided their students with instructions on how to use an e-textbook. Finally, less than 30 percent of instructors actually modeled the use of the e-textbook.
Make sure that they don’t need it back at the same time you need it, especially around the time of an important test! Be mindful of who you borrow from, and be responsible enough to share it with and return it to them. Cheapest Textbooks was founded in 2001 by a college student while they were still in school.
Each chapter begins with learning objectives, self-assessment activities and follows up with associated worksheets designed to deepen the learning. The chapters highlight key takeaways for each area as well as providing checkpoint exercises. Each chapter has similar components, e.g., Key Takeaways, Checkpoint Exercises, Outside the Book links, and so on, that enhance the core text and learning experience. The textbook is divided into sections that can be assigned for a variety of class period chunks. Usually 10 chapters are what we cover in a term class, but I really liked that chapters on finance, health, and social world were included.
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For courses included in this program, charges for the eBooks and/or access codes are conveniently and automatically billed to the student's account. Students have the option to opt out of using an eBook if they prefer to acquire a printed book or access codes from the bookstore or another vendor. I thought it was comprehensive and encouraged students to reflect deeply on the content with the embedded reading quizzes and activities.
Faculty may need to help students understand what a syllabus is and provide support in developing note-taking skills. Organization is logical, beginning with an “orientation” to college experience, continuing through active learning , and ending with financial and career planning. The information includes discussion evolving around students of all ages and with diverse backgrounds. It speaks to traditional students, returning students, first-generation students, recent immigrant and international students and students with disabilities. The photos display a wide variety of student ages and ethnicities. Cultural relevance were good but more information needs to be added to the diversity section of the text.
Each chapter and sub section seemed to flow well together. The sub sections of reading are followed by reflective exercises, which provide the student a chance to absorb and retain the material in manageable chunks. I am concerned with how this textbook appears (formatting, etc.) on tablets and such. I used an iPad and it was good because I was able to go back and forth to the Table of Contents and bookmark sections.
With Cengage Unlimited eTextbooks, students can also access all of their Cengage eTextbooks offline via the free Cengage Mobile App. Available on iOS and Android devices, the app provides offline e-reader capabilities, allowing students to download entire eTextbooks to their smartphone. Once downloaded, students can highlight, make notes, search and bookmark material, regardless of whether they are connected to the internet or working offline. In addition to e-reader capabilities, the Cengage Mobile App provides organizational tools, study materials and push notifications to help students stay on track. Cengage Unlimited eTextbooks gives students access to 14,000 eTextbooks, study tools, test prep and more for less than the average price of one print textbook.
Likewise, the sexual health chapter has some reasonable advice but also suggests that victims are in the best position to prevent sexual assault by following three steps. That's nonsense and is over the border into victim shaming. If one is using the exercises in the book, then it is necessary to use a format where students can print or copy the exercises easily. The PDF can be edited to make them into templates/fillable forms, but that takes time. The pressbooks version linked here can be awkward for requiring exercise completion, as students will have to rewrite or copy/paste and then worry about spacing for most of them.
References are made to non-traditional students, but more as a passing acknowledgement of their existence rather than inclusion into the heart of the text. The book is well organized with clearly defined chapters and content. As the book progresses, references are made to preceding chapters, so an adopter would need to recognize the embedded associations. As a community college health education instructor, I can verify that the goal setting, time management, health and well-being components of the text are accurate. These skills can help lessen some stress students may experience when adjusting to college life.