Basic Concepts of Chemistry, 9th Edition
By Leo J. Malone, Theodore O. Dolter
Basic Concepts of Chemistry addresses general chemistry topics with an emphasis on outcomes assessment. Advanced course features include an objectives grid which ties the objectives to examples, assessment exercises, and relevant problems presented in the course. Every concept in the course is clearly illustrated with one or more step-by-step examples. Included essays present timely and engaging real-world applications, emphasizing the relevance of the material the students are learning. Student Workshop activities cater to many different learning styles to engage users in the practical aspects of the material covered in the course.
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Read, Study, and Practice
Students learn course concepts using the complete online eTextbook, flashcards, crossword puzzles, practice questions, videos, and animations. Organized by learning objective, students can filter for relevant learning resources based on what they need to study most and print any section of the eTextbook.
ORION Adaptive Practice (when available)
Every student has a different starting point, and adaptive practice provides endless opportunities for practice to effectively prepare for class or quizzes and exams. Active retrieval of information with practice questions is proven to improve retention of information better than re-reading or reviewing the material, and students who use adaptive practice to prepare for exams do significantly better than those who do not. Students begin with a quick, chapter-level diagnostic to determine their initial level of understanding, and they can use the dashboard and quick reports to see what topics they know and don’t know.
Assignments
Students who fully engage in WileyPLUS assignments do better in the course by more than a letter grade. Auto-graded assignments give students immediate feedback based on flexible assignment settings determined by the instructor, while the notification center allows students to set their own email notification policies to stay on track.
Instructors can select from extensive and reliable question banks to create and deploy reading, practice, homework, pre-post lectures, and assessment assignments. This course includes essay, label drag-and-drop, multiple choice, text entry, and true-/false question types.
Gradebook
Students know where they stand on WileyPLUS assignments, and they can track progress by learning objective.
Instructors have insights into student performance at the granular question attempt and can track trends by individual student, assignment, or learning objective. Flexible policies allow instructors to change points, set assignment weighing policies, extend individual due dates, or drop the lowest grade.
- Chapter Tutorial Problems – multi-part problems that challenge students to solve objective-targeted problems similar to the ones that appear as examples within the text. These problems provide students with a step-by-step feedback on how to approach each part of the problem.
- Chapter Synthesis Problems – multi-part problems that relate the chapter and its exercises to the real world of science. Each part of the chapter synthesis problem has answer-specific feedback to help guide the students through each step.
- Office Hour Videos – the authors work through specific end of chapter problems, using a whiteboard with explanatory voice over. Each problem is worked out, with enhancing graphics, in a 2-3 minute video that is designed to provide the same clarification that a student would receive during a lecture or face-to-face meeting.
What’s New
WileyPLUS is a research-based online environment for effective teaching and learning. WileyPLUS is packed with interactive study tools and resources–including the complete online textbook–to give your students more value for their money. With WileyPLUS, students will succeed in chemistry.
WileyPLUS is now equipped with an adaptive learning module called ORION. Based on cognitive science, WileyPLUS with ORION, provides students with a personal, adaptive learning experience so they can build their proficiency on topics and use their study time most effectively. WileyPLUS with ORION helps students learn by learning about them.
Chapter 1. Chemistry and Measurements
Chapter 2. Elements and Compounds
Chapter 3. The Properties of Matter and Energy
Chapter 4. The Periodic Table and Chemical Nomenclature
Chapter 5. Quantities in Chemistry
Chapter 6. Chemical Reactions
Chapter 7. Quantitative Relationships in Chemical Reactions
Chapter 8. Modern Atomic Theory
Chapter 9. The Chemical Bond
Chapter 10. The Gaseous State
Chapter 11. The Solid and Liquid States
Chapter 12. Aqueous Solutions
Chapter 13. Acids, Bases, and Salts
Chapter 14. Oxidation–Reduction Reactions
Chapter 15. Reaction Rates and Equilibrium
Chapter 16. Nuclear Chemistry