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Knewton Alta Biology Concepts (Non-Majors)

ISBN: 978-1-119-71882-6

February 2021

Description

Knewton Alta Concepts of Biology is an accessible, affordable, and adaptive courseware that provides students the support they need at the moment they need it. The Alta learning experience goes beyond homework – it pairs practice with personalized learning that offers detailed answer explanations, integrated just-in-time instruction, and remediation of pre-requisite skill gaps, all based on student performance.

Concepts of Biology is designed for a one-semester, non-majors biology course. It includes topics like cell structure and function, photosynthesis, cell division and genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology, evolution, animal structure and function, and ecology. Knewton Alta Concepts of Biology offers multiple instructional sequences for every learning objective, giving students multiple opportunities to learn each new concept. This courseware tracks the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors and provides the depth necessary to ensure the course is manageable and engaging for instructors and students alike with just-in-time instruction, personalized remediation, and engaging interactive questions.

New to Edition

Interactive Learning Objects
Interactive Learning Objects allow students to interact with key illustrations from the assigned learning objective, delivering better understanding and retention of key concepts.

Drag and Drop Questions
Drag and Drop questions are embedded in each learning objective for Concepts of Biology, accommodating multiple learning styles and giving students opportunities to develop visual relationships between concepts.

Features

Instructor Control
All of the content that students will see supports the learning objectives chosen for the course by the instructor, offering alignment between the course and assignments.

Integrated Instruction
Knewton Alta puts learning front and center with instructional resources that are integrated within the adaptive experience and targeted to the specific needs of each individual student.

Dynamic Remediation
Knewton Alta adapts to students’ proficiency levels with each interaction. If a student struggles on an assignment, Knewton Alta recognizes their knowledge gap immediately and provides just-in-time remediation — even when it requires reaching back to prerequisite concepts.

Actionable Data Analytics
Instructor dashboards deliver data that is actionable, easy to review, and easy to navigate, providing insights into student performance and learning patterns, as well as predictive analytics that identify students’ readiness prior to an exam.