Genetics: A Conceptual Approach (7th Edition)

Description

With Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Ben Pierce brings a master teacher’s experiences to the introductory genetics textbook, clarifying this complex subject by focusing on the big picture of genetics concepts and how those concepts connect to one another. The new 7th edition continues this mission by expanding upon the powerful pedagogy and tools that have made this title so successful. New question types, more learning guidelines for students, and an updated art program round out a powerful text.

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for biology students. It houses all of our renowned assessments, multimedia assets, e-books, and instructor resources in a powerful new platform.

Key Features

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for biology students. It houses all of our renowned assessments, multimedia assets, e-books, and instructor resources in a powerful new platform.

Achieve supports educators and students throughout the full range of instruction, including
assets suitable for pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class study and
assessment. The pairing of a powerful new platform with outstanding content provides an unrivaled learning experience.

Achieve features:

• Achieve combines acclaimed automatically graded online homework with a powerful e-book and an extensive suite of engaging multimedia learning resources. Problems feature hints for when students get stuck, answer-specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes, and solutions to reinforce what they’ve learned.
• LearningCurve: Adaptive quizzing to get students prepared for class.
• Tutorial-style questions that walk students step by step through a problem
• Reading Quizzes to engage students as they prepare for class
• Nature articles (with assessment questions) embedded at key points in the text
• Problem Solving Videos – that demonstrates how to solve problems that mirror ones that appear in the EOC problem set
• VitalSource etext (can be accessed on- and off-line)
• Math readiness assignment – to help students brush up on key math and stats skills needed to be successful in genetics

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach provides students with a strong foundation upon which to build their conceptual understanding of the field of genetics.

• Conceptual Framework
  • Student-friendly writing style
  • Chapter opening stories to capture student interest
  • Concepts, Concepts Checks, Connecting Concepts, Chapter Summary
  • Learning Outcomes (new)
• Art and Media
  • The art program has been revised to be more modern looking and more understandable for students.
  • Animations (with assessment questions) are based on figures in the text and are included in Achieve.
• Powerful Assessment
  • Connecting Questions (NEW) help students synthesize concepts from different chapters to understand the big picture. These new questions ensure that students get a bigger picture of the science of genetics and, much like real geneticists, learn to use information from different disciplines in genetics in problem-solving.
  • Concept Mapping Questions available in the book and in Achieve ask students to build a visual representation of a topic.
  • Worked Problems teach students a methodical approach to build the skills they need to become proficient problem solvers.
    End-of-chapter questions written by Ben Pierce are well aligned to the teaching method of the text and are organized by level of rigor.
• Support for Active Learning
  • Active Learning Hub (NEW) with in class activities is now in Achieve. It contains powerpoints and worksheets to help you easily implement more active learning in your classroom.
  • Think-Pair-Share exercises encourage students to work, and learn in groups.
  • Model Genetic Organisms Appendix to familiarize students with the kinds of organisms used  in genetic research

Author Biography

Benjamin Pierce is Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he teaches courses in genetics and evolution. He previously taught at Connecticut College and Baylor University. Ben is a population geneticist who conducts ecological and evolutionary research on amphibians. He has authored a number of articles in research journals and several books, including The Family Genetics Sourcebook, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections, and Transmission and Population Genetics: A Short Course. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and is a fellow of the Texas Academy of Science. He has received grants from the Natural Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the 3M Foundation, the National Park Service, the Williamson County Conservation Foundation, and the National Geographic Society.