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explanations and additional case studies, data, and helpful notes to the instructor. Designed to be customized or used “as is,” they include easy instructions for those who have little experience with PowerPoint. They are available on the companion Web site.

For Students

Student Guide and Workbook

Roger Kaufman (Smith College) has revised his superb study guide for students. This guide offers various ways for students to learn the material in the text and assess their understanding.

Fill-In Questions give students the opportunity to review and check their knowledge of the key terms and concepts in each chapter.

Multiple-Choice Questions allow students to test themselves on chapter material.

Exercises guide students step by step through the various models using graphs and numerical examples.

Problems ask students to apply the models on their own.

Questions to Think About require critical thinking as well as economic analysis.

Data Questions ask students to obtain and learn about readily available economic data.

Online Offerings

EconPortal, Available Spring 2010

EconPortal provides a powerful, easy-to-use, customizable teaching and learning management system complete with the following:

An Interactive eBook with Embedded Learning Resources. The eBook’s functionality provides for highlighting, note-taking, graph and example enlargements, a full searchable glossary, and a full text search. Embedded icons link students directly to resources available to enhance their understanding of the key concepts. These resources include the Student PowerPoint Tutorials developed by Mannig Simidian, which provide an animated set of tutorials for each chapter.

A Fully Integrated Learning Management System. The EconPortal is meant to be a one-stop shop for all the resources tied to the book. The system carefully integrates the teaching and learning resources for the book into an easy-to-use system. Instructors can assign and track any aspect of their students’ work.

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Companion Web Site for Students and Instructors

(www.worthpublishers.com/mankiw)

The companion site is a virtual study guide for students and an excellent resource for instructors. Joydeep Bhattacharya (Iowa State University) has updated the innovative software package for students. For each chapter in the textbook, the tools on the companion Web site include the following:

Self-Tests. Students can test their knowledge of the material in the book by taking multiple-choice tests on any chapter. After the student responds, the program explains the answer and directs the student to specific sections in the book for additional study. Students may also test their knowledge of key terms using the flashcards.

Web Links. Students can access real-world information via specifically chosen hyperlinks relating to chapter content.

Sample Essays. Students can view chapter-specific essay questions followed by sample essay answers.

Data Plotter. Originally created by David Weil, Brown University, this tool enables students to explore macroeconomic data with time-series graphs and scatterplots.

Macro Models. These modules provide simulations of the models presented in the book. Students can change the exogenous variables and see the outcomes in terms of shifting curves and recalculated numerical values of the endogenous variables. Each module contains exercises that instructors can assign as homework.

A Game for Macroeconomists. Also originally created by David Weil, Brown University, the game allows students to become president of the United States in the year 2009 and to make macroeconomic policy decisions based on news events, economic statistics, and approval ratings. It gives students a sense of the complex interconnections that influence the economy. It is also fun to play.

Student PowerPoint Tutorials. This animated set of tutorials developed by Mannig Simidian (also available with the eBook and EconPortal, mentioned earlier) highlights key points in each chapter. Students are offered another way to learn the material. Dynamic macroeconomic models come alive with shifting curves, colorful equations, graphics, and humor.

Flashcards. Students can test their knowledge of the definitions in the glossary with these virtual flashcards.

Along with the Instructor’s Resources (see p. xxxii), the following additional instructor support material is available:

PowerPoint Lecture Presentations. As mentioned earlier, these customizable PowerPoint slides, prepared by Ronald Cronovich (Carthage College), are designed to assist instructors with lecture preparation and presentations.

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Images From the Textbook. Instructors have access to a complete set of figures and tables from the textbook in high-resolution and lowresolution JPEG formats. The textbook art has been processed for “highresolution” (150 dpi). These figures and photographs have been especially formatted for maximum readability in large lecture halls and follow standards that were set and tested in a real university auditorium.

Solutions Manual. Instructors have access to an electronic version of the printed manual, which consists of detailed solutions to the Questions for Review and Problems and Applications.

Aplia, founded by Paul Romer, Stanford University, was the first Web-based company to integrate pedagogical features from a textbook with interactive media. This is the first intermediate macroeconomics text offered by Aplia. The features of this text have been combined with Aplia’s interactive media to save instructors’ time and encourage and reinforce students’ learning. The integrated online version of the Aplia media and this text (available for spring 2010 courses) will include extra problem sets, regularly updated news analyses, and instant online reports that allow instructors to target student trouble areas more efficiently. For a preview of Aplia materials and to learn more, visit http://www.aplia.com/worth.

eBook

Students who purchase the eBook have access to these interactive features:

Quick, intuitive navigation

Customizable note-taking

Highlighting

Searchable glossary

With the eBook, instructors can do the following:

Focus only on the chapters they want to use. Instructors can assign the entire text or a custom version with only the chapters that correspond to their syllabus. Students see the customized version, with selected chapters only.

Annotate any page of the text. Instructors’ notes can include text,Web links, and even photos and images from the book’s media or other sources. Students can get an eBook annotated just for them, customized for the course.

WebCT

The Mankiw WebCT e-pack enables instructors to create a thorough online course or a course Web site. The e-pack contains online materials that facilitate critical thinking and learning, including preprogrammed quizzes and tests that are fully functional in the WebCT environment.