Personalize learning with Modified Mastering A&P Mastering (tm) A&P is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students and improve results. Instructors ensure that students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics(tm). Students can further master concepts after class through assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts. NEW! Ready-to-Go Teaching Modules help instructors efficiently navigate curated content and high impact resources for the toughest topics. The most essential before-class assignments, in-class activities, and after-class assignments are provided for ease of use. Instructors can incorporate active learning into their course with the suggested activity ideas and clicker questions or Learning Catalytics questions. NEW! SmartArt Videos help students better navigate key, complex pieces of art.
Author Kevin Petti brings his expertise in anatomical art to narrate explanatory videos that walk students through select pieces from the book, providing additional context and detail. The videos can be accessed via QR codes in the book and offer accompanying assignments through Mastering A&P. NEW! Mobile-ready Interactive Physiology 2.0 helps students advance beyond memorization to a genuine understanding of complex physiological processes. Full-color animations and videos demonstrate difficult concepts to reinforce the material. IP 2.0 features brand new graphics, quicker navigation, and more robust mobile-ready interactivities where students can explore, experiment, and predict. New IP 2.
0 modules include: Resting Membrane Potential, Electrical Activity of the Heart, Cardiac Output, Factors Affecting Blood Pressure, Generation of an Action Potential, and Cardiac Cycle. EXPANDED! All of the assignments from Sarikas'' Visual Anatomy and Physiology Lab Manual, 2nd Edition are now included as part of Visual Anatomy & Physiology Mastering course. Students and instructors only need one Mastering A&P code to access assignments from both the book and lab manual. IMPROVED! The Mastering A&P Study Area features new, mobile-friendly navigation and offers students additional practice test questions, reading quiz questions, flashcards, Get Ready for A&P tutorials, and more. Coaching Activities give students hints and specific wrong-answer feedback: "Tough Topic" Coaching Activities are highly visual, assignable activities designed to bring interactivity to select two-page modules in the book. These multi-part activity items include the ranking and sorting types that ask students to manipulate the visuals. A&P Flix(tm) Coaching Activities offer stunning 3D visuals of core concepts and tough physiological concepts with in-depth assessments to test student understanding. Video Tutor Coaching Activities and Art-labeling Activities allow instructors to assign and assess students'' understanding of basic concepts and key figures, while Reading Questions help students focus on key concepts in each chapter.
Clinical Case Study Coaching Activities increase problem-solving skills and prepare students for future careers in allied health. Corresponding Teaching Strategies and Worksheets located in the Instructor Resources section of Mastering A&P give instructors valuable tips on using case studies in the classroom. Adaptive features include: Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that repeats until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers. NEW! Instructors can now select which questions to assign to students . Adaptive Follow-Up Assignments are based on each student''s past performance on their course work to date, including homework, tests, and quizzes. These assignments provide additional coaching and targeted practice as needed, so students can master the material.
Lab tools include: Bone and Dissection Video Coaching Activities review the major bones and organ dissections and are supported with assignable activities that include hints and specific wrong-answer feedback. These questions are unique to Mastering A&P. Practice Anatomy Lab(tm) (PAL(tm) 3.0) is a virtual anatomy study and practice tool that gives students 24/7 access to the most widely used lab specimens, including the human cadaver, anatomical models, histology, cat, and fetal pig. PAL 3.0 is easy to use and includes built-in audio pronunciations, rotatable bones, and simulated fill-in-the-blank lab practical exams. Quizzes and lab practical questions can be assigned and automatically graded by choosing PAL from the book/source drop-down menu in the Mastering A&P item library. PhysioEx 9.
1 is an easy-to-use lab simulation program that allows students to conduct experiments that are difficult in a wet lab environment because of time, cost, or safety concerns. Students are able to repeat labs as often as they like, are able to perform experiments without animals, and are asked to frequently stop and predict within the labs. Additional study tools include: Art-Labeling Questions provide students with an opportunity to analyze the art from the book. Art labeling are drag-and-drop activities that allow students to assess their knowledge of terms and structures as well as the order of steps and elements involved in physiological processes. Learning Catalytics(tm) helps instructors generate class discussion, adapt lessons to students'' needs, and promote peer-to-peer learning using real-time analytics. As a student response tool, Learning Catalytics uses students'' smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more interactive tasks and to practice critical thinking skills. Real-time data allows instructors to immediately respond when learners are struggling and to quickly assign students into groups for optimal class discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning. NEW! Instructors can upload a full PowerPoint ® deck for easy creation of slide questions.
NEW! Team names are no longer case sensitive. Get Ready for A&P , 3rd Edition quickly gets students up to speed with helpful study skills, math skills, anatomical terminology, basic chemistry, cell biology, and other basics of the human body. Each chapter of this hands-on workbook includes a pre-test, guided explanation, interactive quizzes and exercises, and end-of-chapter cumulative tests. The Third Edition includes enhanced study tools and assessments in Mastering A&P and 10 Video Tutors that feature author Lori Garrett walking students through key concepts in chemistry and cell biology. The Mastering A&P Study Area features new, mobile-friendly navigation and offers students additional practice test questions, reading quiz questions, flashcards, Get Ready for A&P tutorials, and more. About the Book NEW! A new emphasis on using art more effectively informs multiple changes to layout and figure organization, as well as a new system of integrated figure prompts and questions, helping ensure that students view and navigate the art more efficiently and effectively to enhance learning. NEW! Modules 1.1 -- 1.
5 introduce students to the importance of studying the art in the book and then guides them through how to study the figures in the text. NEW! Integrated Figure Questions encourage students to answer thought-provoking questions as part of viewing the figure and increases the likelihood that students will spend time viewing the art. NEW! Everyday Physiology features are sprinkled throughout the text to help students see connections to real-life applications. A hallmark approach, organization, and presentation The Visual Approach breaks out of the narrative-first model of other two-semester A&P books. Instead of long columns of text that refer to visuals, this book integrates visuals with the text. Students can''t read without seeing the corresponding visual, and they can''t look at a visual without reading. This book has true text-art integration, which encourages reading and enhances understanding. The Modular Organization presents each chapter in self-contained, two-page spreads.
The top left page begins with the module number and module title, the bottom right page ends with the learning outcome for each module, and the text-art presentation with integrated self-check questions constitutes the r.