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Achieve Essentials for OpenStax Principles of Economics (1-Term Access)

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Achieve Essentials for OpenStax Economics, Second Edition includes:

  • An assessment engine with Pre-Class Tutorials and Bridge Questions. Pre-Class Tutorials, developed by two pioneers in active-learning methods—Eric Chiang, Florida Atlantic University, and Jose Vazquez, University of Illinois—foster basic understanding of core economic concepts before students attend class. Students watch pre-lecture videos and complete bridge questions that prepare them to engage in class. Instructors receive data about student comprehension that can inform lecture preparation. 
  • An interactive, accessible e-book that allows students to highlight and take notes. 
  • Curated  homework problems featuring algorithmically generated variables and our user-friendly graphing tool. These problems are multistep with a variety of answer inputs--each with detailed and targeted feedback specific to that answer. 
  • Homework assignments—instructors can draw from over 1500 questions aligned to the OpenStax 2 book, as well as having access to our robust Macmillan Economics Library of over 2500 additional problems in a variety of question types and difficulty levels.  Every homework question includes hints, answer-specific feedback, and fully-worked solutions to help students focus on understanding, not just assessment.

Authors

  • Headshot of Macmillan Learning

    Macmillan Learning

Table of Contents

Product Updates

Achieve Essentials for OpenStax Economics, Second Edition includes:

  • An assessment engine with Pre-Class Tutorials and Bridge Questions. Pre-Class Tutorials, developed by two pioneers in active-learning methods—Eric Chiang, Florida Atlantic University, and Jose Vazquez, University of Illinois—foster basic understanding of core economic concepts before students attend class. Students watch pre-lecture videos and complete bridge questions that prepare them to engage in class. Instructors receive data about student comprehension that can inform lecture preparation. 
  • An interactive, accessible e-book that allows students to highlight and take notes. 
  • Curated  homework problems featuring algorithmically generated variables and our user-friendly graphing tool. These problems are multistep with a variety of answer inputs--each with detailed and targeted feedback specific to that answer. 
  • Homework assignments—instructors can draw from over 1500 questions aligned to the OpenStax 2 book, as well as having access to our robust Macmillan Economics Library of over 2500 additional problems in a variety of question types and difficulty levels.  Every homework question includes hints, answer-specific feedback, and fully-worked solutions to help students focus on understanding, not just assessment.

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Achieve Essentials for OpenStax Economics 2e enhances the OpenStax course with an affordable, homework-focused option that makes it easy for instructors to build assignments that support their course goals.

Achieve Essentials for OpenStax Economics 2e centers on Macmillan Learning’s popular assessment engine, originally developed by Sapling Learning, which combines Pre-Class Tutorials and Bridge Questions. The Pre-Class Tutorials, developed by two pioneers in active-learning methods for economics—Eric Chiang, Florida Atlantic University, and Jose Vazquez, University of Illinois--foster basic understanding of core economic concepts before students attend class. Students watch pre-lecture videos and complete bridge questions that prepare them to engage in class.  Instructors receive data about student comprehension that can inform lecture preparation. 

This flexible product can be used for the full economics course, micro or macro courses, or survey courses.

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