MyEconLab provides the Power of Practice for Today's Student Studying Today's Economics! 

• MyEconLab is an online tutorial and assessment solution that personalizes both the teaching and learning experience - allowing you to teach your course your way, and giving your students the practice they need.

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This product accompanies:
Hubbard & O'Brien,  Economics, 3/E
Ekelund, Ressler & Tollison,  Economics: Private Markets and Public Choice plus MyEconLab in CourseCompass plus eBook Student Access Kit, 7/E
Bade & Parkin,  Essentials Foundations of Economics plus & MyEconLab, 4/E
Krugman & Obstfeld,  International Economics: Theory and Policy & MyEconLab Student Access Code Card, 8/E
Hubbard & O'Brien,  Macroeconomics, 3/E
Abel, Bernanke & Croushore,  Macroeconomics, 7/E
Abel, Bernanke & Croushore,  Macroeconomics & MyEconLab Student Access Code Card, 7/E
Hubbard & O'Brien,  Microeconomics, 3/E
Hubbard & O'Brien,  Money, Banking, and the Financial System
Hubbard & O'Brien,  Money, Banking, and the Financial System plus MyEconLab with Pearson Etext Student Access Code Card Package
Case, Fair & Oster,  Principles of Economics, 10/E
Ritter, Silber & Udell,  Principles of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets & MyEconLab Student Access Code Card, 12/E

MyEconLab  Provides the Power of Practice for Today's Student Studying Today's Economics!

• Experiments:  In collaboration with Charlie Holt (University of Virginia), Pearson has developed these new economics Experiments, the first of which–The Market Experiment–is currently available in MyEconLab. Additional Experiments will be available for fall courses:
  • The Market Experiment (synchronous and asynchronous)
  • The Market Experiment with Price Floors and Ceilings
  • The Market Experiment with Taxes
  • Public Goods
• Unlimited Practice:  Many study plan and instructor-assigned exercises contain algorithmically generated values to ensure that students get as much practice as they need.  Every problem links students to learning resources that further reinforce concepts they need to master.
• Learning Resources:  Each practice problem contains a link to the e-text page that discusses the concept being applied.  Students also have access to guided solutions, animated graphs as well as a suite of graphing tools, audio narratives, and flashcards!
• Auto-Graded Tests and Assignments:  MyEconLab comes with two Preloaded Sample Tests for each chapter so students can self-assess their understanding of the material.  You can assign these Sample Tests or create assignments using a mix of publisher-supplied content and your own custom exercises!
• Economics in the News and 35 News Videos: Students can apply the concepts they learn in class and in their textbook to current news articles that are posted weekly to www.myeconlab.com. News Videos cover a variety of real-world topics.
• Study Plan:  A Study Plan is generated from each student's results on Sample Tests and instructor assignments.  Students can clearly see which topics they have mastered - and, more importantly, which they need to work on.  The Study Plan links to additional practice problems and tutorial help on those topics.
• Department-wide Solutions:  Get help managing multiple sections and working with TAs with MyEconLab's Coordinator Courses.  After the Coordinator Course is set up, it can be copied to create sections or 'member' courses.  Changes to the Coordinator Course ripple down to all member courses, so changes only need to be made once.
• Additional Communication and Customization:  Tools that are particularly useful for large lecture and distance-learning courses are available when MyEconLab is delivered in Course Compass.  You can upload course documents and assignments, and use advanced course management features such as Digital Dropbox and Discussion Board.
• Advanced Gradebook Features:  Powerful new gradebook options include exporting student data and scores, and dropping lowest scores.  You can also modify student scores based on assignment due dates and see at a glance how a student performed on an individual assignment.
• Custom Question Manager:  Custom questions and problems created by one instructor can easily be copied and edited by other instructors.
• Add Comments During Review:  When reviewing a student's test or homework assignment, instructors can add comments to individual questions.  These comments are automatically displayed the first time a student reviews the assignment and are accessible through the "View Comment" button.
• Enhanced MyEconLab Email Functionality:  Instructors now have three new email options:
  •     Send a Course Announcement to all students in the roster.
  •     Contact an individual student using the easy-to-find link at the top of all Student Results pages.
  •     Email multiple students based on specific search filters, such as a certain score for an assignment, incomplete attempt of an assignment, las login date, category average, or overall score.

MyEconLab Lets You - Teach Your Course Your Way!

• You decide the level of your own participation.  Students benefit from full access to MyEconLab regardless of your choice!
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• No Matter where you fall on the spectrum, MyEconLab benefits you and your class!

MyEconLab - Spring 2010 New Features:

• Are you ready to bring energy, excitement. and competition into your classroom? Now you can with MyEconLab’s Experiments!  Create an exciting environment that puts the big ideas in your Principles of Economics course into your students’ hands with MyEconLab’s Experiments. In collaboration with Charlie Holt (University of Virginia), Pearson has developed these new economics Experiments, the first of which–The Market Experiment–is currently available in MyEconLab. Additional Experiments will be available for fall courses:
  • The Market Experiment (synchronous and asynchronous)
  • The Market Experiment with Price Floors and Ceilings
  • The Market Experiment with Taxes
  • Public Goods
• Ability to Adjust Number of Tries within Questions
  Instructors can now choose the number of times students can work each answer field within a question, changing the default of three tries to any number between 1 and 99. They do this either at the question level from the Preview & Add or Remove window or at the assignment level from View Question Details.
• Homework Affects Mastery in Study Plan
  Instructors now have the option to allow Homework to affect the Study Plan. In addition, they can control which assignment types affect the Study Plan and determine mastery. On the Mastery Options page in the Study Plan Manager, they can include Homework, exclude Sample Tests or Quizzes, and specify the percentage score needed for mastery in each assignment type.
• Ability to Hide Test Score and/or Question Results
  A new “Results Display” section on the assignment Settings page lets instructors choose whether to show students their test scores and question results (the current display), show test scores only, or show neither. When show no results is selected, students see their Results page immediately after submitting a test or quiz, however, dashes appear in the column where scores would normally be.
• Ability to Copy and Edit Exercise from Preview and Add
  Instructors can click the copy and edit button while in Preview and Add and go right into the Custom Question Builder to customize their own version of the exercise. This edited exercise can then be added immediately to the current assignment
• Item Analysis for Pooled Tests and Quizzes
  On tests and quizzes that use pooled questions, instructors now have item-level student performance statistics. This will allow you to analyze how the class and individual students performed by test question and objective and also gauge the relative difficulty of questions from the same pool.
• Rolled-up Coordinator Course Exports
  Coordinator course instructors can choose to generate Advanced Exports of student results for all Member courses to which they have access in one file. This file also contains summary information of student performance across the entire course group.
• Preloaded Courses
  Select courses in econ will have a preloaded option. Instructors can choose to create a course containing assignments selected by course-specific authors. Simple choose the dates you want your course to start and end and premade assignments show up in your course with start and end dates based on the information you provide. You have the options to choose on which days of the week assignments are assigned, and to easily remove sections or chapters.
• Assignable Media Learning Aids
  Media learning aids such as videos, animations, or ebook pages will be assignable as homework, quizzes, or tests. These media assignments can be selected as prerequisites to other assignments.

• Customizable Study Plan
  Instructors can customize the Study Plan by specifying the objectives and questions that will appear for students to work on. They also can set the definition for mastery (percentage level). Students who successfully complete "Needs Study" questions will see a new icon that reminds them to retest to prove their mastery.

• Ability to Rename the "Other" Category
  Instructors can now change the name of the "Other" category in the Gradebook to anything they wish.

• Enhanced Security for Tests and Homework
  While a high-stakes test ("blocked access") is in progress, all other instances of the MyEconLab^® Player (Homework, Study Plan, or review of previous work) will be disallowed. Similarly, while doing their homework, students will not be able to launch another player instance.

• Instructions for Individual Questions
  While creating assignments, instructors will have the option of adding instructions to individual questions, giving students tips or reminders on how to work a particular question.

• More Granular Advanced Exports
  Student performance on assignments and the Study Plan down to the objective level will be available for export. Instructors who select this new Advanced Export type can choose from a myriad of parameters, including new options such as median score, total time spent per student, and median time spent per chapter. (Median time spent, as well as average time spent, will also be available on Item Analysis pages and exports.

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