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We believe there’s a better way to learn microeconomics

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Principles of Microeconomics in iPadPrinciples of Microeconomics couples the mastery-based approach of Hawkes’ automated homework and testing platform with an interactive worktext for extensive problem solving and graphing practice.

Use innovative software as part of the teaching team outside of the classroom. Automate assessment to save time. Ensure students understand course concepts through unlimited practice.

  • Robust user-directed graphing
  • Artificial intelligence to diagnose common errors
  • Basic math skills remediation
  • Step-by-step interactive question tutorials

Hawkes Learning is excited to bring you this new course developed by contributing economics professors from across the country. With over 40 years of experience teaching and assessing student performance, Hawkes provides an expert homework platform to transform the way your students learn and help you reach your course learning outcome goals.

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Principles of Microeconomics

0. Math Review
1. Welcome to Economics
2. Choice in a World of Scarcity
3. Demand and Supply
4. Labor and Financial Markets
5. Elasticity
6. Consumer Choices
7. Production, Costs, and Industry Structure
8. Perfect Competition
9. Monopoly
10. Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
11. Monopoly and Antitrust Policy
12. Environmental Protection and Negative Externalities
13. Positive Externalities and Public Goods
14. Labor Markets and Income
15. Poverty and Economic Inequality
16. Information, Risk, and Insurance
17. Financial Markets
18. Public Economy
19. International Trade
20. Globalization and Protectionism

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We believe there’s a better way to learn psychology

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Introduction to Psychology in iPadIntroduction to Psychology couples the mastery-based pedagogy of Hawkes’ automated homework system with an interactive worktext, asking students to connect and apply course concepts through relevant exercises.

Individualize learning through adaptive remediation. Automate assessment of fundamental course content. Use innovative software as part of the teaching team to elevate classroom discussion.

Ready to see something different? With content written by contributing instructors from across the country, Hawkes’ three-mode Learning Path teaches students a systematic approach to learning.

  • Multimedia instruction
  • Game-like vocabulary simulations
  • Interactive tutorials
  • Unlimited practice sessions
  • Mastery-based assignments

Hawkes’ 40 years of experience teaching and assessing student learning can help you reach your student learning outcome goals. Request your free copy of the worktext and sample software access today!

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Introduction to Psychology

1. Psychological Science
2. Biopsychology
3. States of Consciousness
4. Sensation and Perception
5. Learning
6. Thinking and Intelligence
7. Memory
8. Lifespan Development
9. Emotion and Motivation
10. Personality
11. Social Psychology
12. Industrial-Organizational Psychology
13. Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
14. Psychological Disorders
15. Therapy and Treatment

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Introducing Our NEW Principles of Microeconomics Course

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Principles of Microeconomics in iPadPrinciples of Microeconomics helps students gain a broad understanding of microeconomics concepts. This engaging, interactive course takes students through all the main microeconomics topics.

Through multimodal instruction, interactive practice, and real-world examples, students learn to think as economists and apply basic micro principles to the situations around them.

Included in this new course is a chapter covering fundamental math concepts for students to review before delving into the economics topics that build off that necessary knowledge.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 0: Math Review

0.1 Addition and Subtraction
0.2 Multiplication and Division
0.3 Order of Operations
0.4 Algebraic Expressions
0.5 Basics of Percent
0.6 Linear Equations
0.7 Graphing
0.8 Calculating Area
Chapter 0 Review Chapter 0 Review

Chapter 1: Welcome To Economics

1.1 What Is Economics, and Why Is It Important?
1.2 Economic Theories, Models, and Systems
Chapter 1 Review Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity

2.1 How Individuals Make Choices Based on Their Budget Constraint
2.2 The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices
2.3 Confronting Objections to the Economic Approach
Chapter 2 Review Chapter 2 Review

Chapter 3: Demand and Supply

3.1 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium in Markets for Goods and Services
3.2 Shifts in Demand and Supply for Goods and Services
3.3 Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity: The Four-Step Process
3.4 Price Ceilings and Price Floors
3.5 Demand, Supply, and Efficiency
Chapter 3 Review Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 4: Labor and Financial Markets

4.1 Demand and Supply at Work in Labor Markets
4.2 Demand and Supply in Financial Markets
4.3 The Market System as an Efficient Mechanism for Information
Chapter 4 Review Chapter 4 Review

Chapter 5: Elasticity

5.1 Price Elasticity of Demand and Price Elasticity of Supply
5.2 Polar Cases of Elasticity and Constant Elasticity
5.3 Elasticity and Pricing
5.4 Elasticity in Areas Other Than Price
Chapter 5 Review Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 6: Consumer Choices

6.1 Consumption Choices
6.2 How Changes in Income and Prices Affect Consumption Choices
6.3 Behavioral Economics: An Alternative Framework for Consumer Choice
Chapter 6 Review Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 7: Production, Costs, and Industry Structure

7.1 Explicit and Implicit Costs, and Accounting and Economic Profit
7.2 Production in the Short Run
7.3 Costs in the Short Run
7.4 Production in the Long Run
7.5 Costs in the Long Run
Chapter 7 Review Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 8: Perfect Competition

8.1 Perfect Competition and Why It Matters
8.2 How Perfectly Competitive Firms Make Output Decisions
8.3 Entry and Exit Decisions in the Long Run
8.4 Efficiency in Perfectly Competitive Markets
Chapter 8 Review Chapter 8 Review

Chapter 9: Monopoly

9.1 How Monopolies Form: Barriers to Entry
9.2 How a Profit-Maximizing Monopoly Chooses Output and Price
Chapter 9 Review Chapter 9 Review

Chapter 10: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly

10.1 Monopolistic Competition
10.2 Oligopoly
Chapter 10 Review Chapter 10 Review

Chapter 11: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

11.1 Corporate Mergers
11.2 Regulating Anticompetitive Behavior
11.3 Regulating Natural Monopolies
11.4 The Great Deregulation Experiment
Chapter 11 Review Chapter 11 Review

Chapter 12: Environmental Protection and Negative Externalities

12.1 The Economics of Pollution
12.2 Policies to Reduce Pollution
12.3 The Benefits and Costs of US Environmental Laws
12.4 International Environmental Issues
12.5 The Tradeoff between Economic Output and Environmental Protection
Chapter 12 Review Chapter 12 Review

Chapter 13: Positive Externalities and Public Goods

13.1 Why the Private Sector Underinvests in Innovation
13.2 How Governments Can Encourage Innovation
13.3 Public Goods
Chapter 13 Review Chapter 13 Review

Chapter 14: Labor Markets And Income

14.1 The Theory of Labor Markets
14.2 Wages and Employment in an Imperfectly Competitive Labor Market
14.3 Market Power on the Supply Side of Labor Markets
14.4 Employment Discrimination
14.5 Immigration
Chapter 14 Review Chapter 14 Review

Chapter 15: Poverty and Economic Inequality

15.1 Drawing the Poverty Line
15.2 The Poverty Trap
15.3 The Safety Net
15.4 Income Inequality: Measurement and Causes
15.5 Government Policies to Reduce Income Inequality
Chapter 15 Review Chapter 15 Review

Chapter 16: Information, Risk, and Insurance

16.1 The Problem of Imperfect Information and Asymmetric Information
16.2 Insurance and Imperfect Information
Chapter 16 Review Chapter 16 Review

Chapter 17: Financial Markets

17.1 How Businesses Raise Financial Capital
17.2 How Households Supply Financial Capital
17.3 How to Accumulate Personal Wealth
Chapter 17 Review Chapter 17 Review

Chapter 18: Public Economy

18.1 Voter Participation and Costs of Elections
18.2 Special Interest Politics
18.3 Flaws in the Democratic System of Government
Chapter 18 Review Chapter 18 Review

Chapter 19: International Trade

19.1 Absolute and Comparative Advantage
19.2 What Happens When a Country Has an Absolute Advantage in All Goods
19.3 Intra-industry Trade between Similar Economies
19.4 The Benefits of Reducing Barriers to International Trade
Chapter 19 Review Chapter 19 Review

Chapter 20: Globalization and Protectionism

20.1 Protectionism: An Indirect Subsidy from Consumers to Producers
20.2 International Trade and its Effects on Jobs, Wages, and Working Conditions
20.3 Arguments in Support of Restricting Imports
20.4 Trade Policy
Chapter 20 Review Chapter 20 Review

We’re Psyched About Our NEW Introduction to Psychology Course

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Introduction to Psychology in iPadIntroduction to Psychology offers students a comprehensive guide to core psychological concepts. Aligned with APA learning outcomes, the course emphasizes disciplinary diversity and the skeptical habits of a scientific mind. It features engaging, interactive practice and contemporary, multimodal learning that foster a meaningful exploration of a vast and growing field.

In a conversational tone, Introduction to Psychology leads students to a foundational and relevant understanding of psychology through a consistent focus on applying concepts in their own lives.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Psychological Science

1.1 What is Psychology?
1.2 Contemporary Psychology
1.3 Why Is Research Important?
1.4 Approaches to Research
1.5 Analyzing Findings
1.6 Ethics
Chapter 1 Review Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 2: Biopsychology

2.1 Human Genetics
2.2 Cells of the Nervous System
2.3 Parts of the Nervous System
2.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord
2.5 The Endocrine System
Chapter 2 Review Chapter 2 Review

Chapter 3: States of Consciousness

3.1 What Is Consciousness?
3.2 Sleep and Why We Sleep
3.3 Stages of Sleep
3.4 Sleep Problems and Disorders
3.5 Substance Use and Abuse
3.6 Other States of Consciousness
Chapter 3 Review Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception

4.1 Sensation versus Perception
4.2 Waves and Wavelengths
4.3 Vision
4.4 Hearing
4.5 The Other Senses
4.6 Gestalt Principles of Perception
Chapter 4 Review Chapter 4 Review

Chapter 5: Learning

5.1 What Is Learning?
5.2 Classical Conditioning
5.3 Operant Conditioning
5.4 Observational Learning (Modeling)
Chapter 5 Review Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 6: Thinking and Intelligence

6.1 What Is Cognition?
6.2 Language
6.3 Problem Solving
6.4 What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
6.5 Measures of Intelligence
6.6 The Source of Intelligence
Chapter 6 Review Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 7: Memory

7.1 How Memory Functions
7.2 Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
7.3 Problems with Memory
7.4 Ways to Enhance Memory
Chapter 7 Review Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 8: Lifespan Development

8.1 What Is Lifespan Development?
8.2 Lifespan Theories
8.3 Stages of Development
8.4 Death and Dying
Chapter 8 Review Chapter 8 Review

Chapter 9: Emotion and Motivation

9.1 Motivation
9.2 Hunger and Eating
9.3 Sexual Behavior
9.4 Emotion
Chapter 9 Review Chapter 9 Review

Chapter 10: Personality

10.1 What Is Personality?
10.2 Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
10.3 Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
10.4 Learning Approaches
10.5 Humanistic Approaches
10.6 Biological Approaches
10.7 Trait Theorists
10.8 Cultural Understandings of Personality
10.9 Personality Assessment
Chapter 10 Review Chapter 10 Review

Chapter 11: Social Psychology

11.1 What Is Social Psychology?
11.2 Self-presentation
11.3 Attitudes and Persuasion
11.4 Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
11.5 Prejudice and Discrimination
11.6 Aggression
11.7 Prosocial Behavior
Chapter 11 Review Chapter 11 Review

Chapter 12: Industrial-Organizational Psychology

12.1 What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
12.2 Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
12.3 Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
12.4 Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Chapter 12 Review Chapter 12 Review

Chapter 13: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health

13.1 What Is Stress?
13.2 Stressors
13.3 Stress and Illness
13.4 Regulation of Stress
13.5 The Pursuit of Happiness
Chapter 13 Review Chapter 13 Review

Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders

14.1 What Are Psychological Disorders?
14.2 Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
14.3 Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
14.4 Anxiety Disorders
14.5 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
14.6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
14.7 Mood Disorders
14.8 Schizophrenia
14.9 Dissociative Disorders
14.10 Personality Disorders
14.11 Disorders in Childhood
Chapter 14 Review Chapter 14 Review

Chapter 15: Therapy and Treatment

15.1 Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present
15.2 Types of Treatment
15.3 Treatment Modalities
15.4 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case
15.5 The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
Chapter 15 Review Chapter 15 Review

Hawkes Learning Named One of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina Again!

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Rachel and Emily sitting at a table at the Best Places to Work in South Carolina banquet.

Earlier this month, Hawkes Learning joined other South Carolina businesses at Columbia’s Metropolitan Convention Center to celebrate being one of South Carolina’s Best Places to Work!

The statewide program—managed by Best Companies Group—identifies, recognizes, and honors the best employers in the state of South Carolina for benefiting the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses. Only 70 businesses in South Carolina received this distinguished award for 2017, so we are very grateful we are counted among those organizations!

“I love working at Hawkes because my coworkers are the best,” says Educational Courseware Specialist Taylor. We tend to agree.

All of us at Hawkes appreciate the honor!

 

Integrate Developmental Math with Statistics in Corequisite Course

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Cover of Discovering Statistics and Data Plus Integrated ReviewDiscovering Statistics and Data Plus Integrated Review leads students through the study of statistics with an introduction to data.

It pays homage to the technology-driven data explosion by helping students understand the context behind future statistical concepts to be learned. Students are introduced to what data is, how we measure it, where it comes from, how to visualize it, and what kinds of career opportunities involve its analysis and processing.

 

This integrated course enhances curriculum-level statistics with applicable review skills to shorten the prerequisite sequence without compromising competency. Target specific remediation needs for just-in-time supplementation of foundational concepts.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 0: Strategies for Academic Success

0.1 How to Read a Math Textbook
0.2 Tips for Success in a Math Course
0.3 Tips for Improving Math Test Scores
0.4 Practice, Patience, and Persistence!
0.5 Note Taking
0.6 Do I Need a Math Tutor?
0.7 Tips for Improving Your Memory
0.8 Overcoming Anxiety
0.9 Online Resources
0.10 Preparing for a Final Math Exam
0.11 Managing Your Time Effectively

Chapter 1.R: Integrated Review

1.R.1 Problem Solving with Whole Numbers
1.R.2 Introduction to Decimal Numbers
1.R.3 Exponents and Order of Operations

Chapter 1: Statistics and Problem Solving

1.1-1.8 Introduction to Statistical Thinking

Chapter 2.R: Integrated Review

2.R.1 Introduction to Fractions and Mixed Numbers
2.R.2 Decimal Numbers and Fractions
2.R.3 Decimals and Percents
2.R.4 Comparisons and Order of Operations with Fractions
2.R.5 Estimating and Order of Operations with Decimal Numbers
2.R.6 Fractions and Percents

Chapter 2: Data, Reality, and Problem Solving

2.1 The Lords of Data
2.2 Data Classification
2.3 Time Series Data vs. Cross-Sectional Data
Chapter 2 Review Chapter 2 Review

Chapter 3.R: Integrated Review

3.R.1 Reading Graphs
3.R.2 Constructing Graphs from a Database
3.R.3 The Real Number Line and Absolute Value

Chapter 3: Visualizing Data

3.1 Frequency Distributions
3.2 Displaying Qualitative Data Graphically
3.3 Constructing Frequency Distributions for Quantitative Data
3.4 Histograms and Other Graphical Displays of Quantitative Data
3.5 Analyzing Graphs
Chapter 3 Review Chapter 3 Review

Chapter 4.R: Integrated Review

4.R.1 Addition with Real Numbers
4.R.2 Subtraction with Real Numbers
4.R.3 Multiplication and Division with Real Numbers
4.R.4 Simplifying and Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
4.R.5 Evaluating Radicals

Chapter 4: Describing and Summarizing Data From One Variable

4.1 Measures of Location
4.2 Measures of Dispersion
4.3 Measures of Relative Position, Box Plots, and Outliers
4.4 Data Subsetting
4.5 Analyzing Grouped Data
4.6 Proportions and Percentages
Chapter 4 Review Chapter 4 Review

Chapter 5.R: Integrated Review

5.R.1 The Cartesian Coordinate System
5.R.2 Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables
5.R.3 Slope-Intercept Form
5.R.4 Point-Slope Form

Chapter 5: Discovering Relationships

5.1 Scatterplots and Correlation
5.2 Fitting a Linear Model
5.3 Evaluating the Fit of a Linear Model
5.4 Fitting a Linear Time Trend
5.5 Scatterplots for More Than Two Variables
Chapter 5 Review Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 6.R: Integrated Review

6.R.1 Multiplication with Fractions
6.R.2 Division with Fractions
6.R.3 Least Common Multiple (LCM)
6.R.4 Addition and Subtraction with Fractions
6.R.5 Addition and Subtraction with Mixed Numbers
6.R.6 Union and Intersection of Sets

Chapter 6: Probability, Randomness, and Uncertainty

6.1 Introduction to Probability
6.2 Addition Rules for Probability
6.3 Multiplication Rules for Probability
6.4 Combinations and Permutations
6.5 Bayes Theorem
Chapter 6 Review Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 7.R: Integrated Review

7.R.1 Order of Operations with Real Numbers
7.R.2 Solving Linear Inequalities in One Variable
7.R.3 Compound Inequalities

Chapter 7: Discrete Probability Distributions

7.1 Types of Random Variables
7.2 Discrete Random Variables
7.3 The Discrete Uniform Distribution
7.4 The Binomial Distribution
7.5 The Poisson Distribution
7.6 The Hypergeometric Distribution
Chapter 7 Review Chapter 7 Review

Chapter 8.R: Integrated Review

8.R.1 Area
8.R.2 Solving Linear Equations: ax + b = c
8.R.3 Working with Formulas

Chapter 8: Continuous Probability Distributions

8.1 The Uniform Distribution
8.2 The Normal Distribution
8.3 The Standard Normal Distribution
8.4 Applications of the Normal Distribution
8.5 Assessing Normality
8.6 Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
Chapter 8 Review Chapter 8 Review

Chapter 9: Samples and Sampling Distributions

9.1 Random Samples
9.2 Introduction to Sampling Distributions
9.3 The Distribution of the Sample Mean and the Central Limit Theorem
9.4 The Distribution of the Sample Proportion
9.5 Other Forms of Sampling
Chapter 9 Review Chapter 9 Review

Chapter 10.R: Integrated Review

10.R.1 Absolute Value Equations
10.R.2 Absolute Value Inequalities

Chapter 10: Estimation: Single Samples

10.1 Point Estimation of the Population Mean
10.2 Interval Estimation of the Population Mean
10.3 Estimating the Population Proportion
10.4 Estimating the Population Standard Deviation or Variance
Chapter 10 Review Chapter 10 Review

Chapter 11.R: Integrated Review

11.R.1 Translating English Phrases and Algebraic Expressions
11.R.2 Applications: Scientific Notation

Chapter 11: Hypothesis Testing: Single Samples

11.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
11.2a Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Mean with Sigma Known
11.2b Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Mean with Sigma Unknown
11.2c Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Mean using P-values
11.3 The Relationship Between Confidence Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
11.4a Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Proportion
11.4b Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Proportion using P-values
11.5 Testing a Hypothesis about a Population Standard Deviation or Variance
11.6 Practical Significance vs. Statistical Significance
Chapter 11 Review Chapter 11 Review

Chapter 12: Inferences about Two Samples

12.1a Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples with Sigma Known
12.1b Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples with Sigma Unknown
12.2 Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples (Paired Difference)
12.3 Inference about Two Population Proportions
Chapter 12 Review Chapter 12 Review

Chapter 13: Regression, Inference, and Model Building

13.1 Assumptions of the Simple Linear Model
13.2 Inference Concerning the Slope
13.3 Inference Concerning the Model’s Prediction
Chapter 13 Review Chapter 13 Review

Chapter 14: Multiple Regression

14.1 The Multiple Regression Model
14.2 The Coefficient of Determination and Adjusted R-Squared
14.3 Interpreting the Coefficients of the Multiple Regression Model
14.4 Inference Concerning the Multiple Regression Model and Its Coefficients
14.5 Inference Concerning the Model’s Prediction
14.6 Multiple Regression Models with Qualitative Independent Variables
Chapter 14 Review Chapter 14 Review

Chapter 15: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

15.1 One-Way ANOVA
15.2 Two-Way ANOVA: The Randomized Block Design
15.3 Two-Way ANOVA: The Factorial Design
Chapter 15 Review Chapter 15 Review

Chapter 16: Looking for Relationships in Qualitative Data

16.1 The Chi-Square Distribution
16.2 The Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit
16.3 The Chi-Square Test for Association
Chapter 16 Review Chapter 16 Review

Chapter 17: Nonparametric Tests

17.1 The Sign Test
17.2 The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test
17.3 The Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test
17.4 The Rank Correlation Test
17.5 The Runs Test for Randomness
17.6 The Kruskal-Wallis Test
Chapter 17 Review Chapter 17 Review

Appendix

A.1 Name that Distribution
A.2 Direct Mail
A.3 Type II Errors
A.4 Games of Chance
A.5 Comparing Two Population Variances
A.6 Statistical Process Control

 

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