Welcome to the StudySpace

The structure of this site uses contemporary pedagogical techniques to help you strengthen your study habits. The site is organized into 3 parts: Organize, Learn and Connect.

Organize:

This material will help you prepare to tackle the chapter material by getting you to think energetically before you read the chapter.  Then when you do open your book you will engage it more effectively.

• Study Plans highlight the learning tools built into each chapter of your textbook and its associated media resources.
• Flashcards help you review key terms in each chapter so you can put them to use later on.

Learn:

These exercises help you master what you've read in the chapter.

• Read the assigned chapter in your textbook or ebook.
• In the Animations section, Tutorials and Activities offer in-depth review of core chapter concepts.
• What’s News Quizzes highlight relevant news stories and help you to apply classroom lessons to daily life.
• Quiz+ will help you identify which parts of the text you need to review more, and give you instant feedback on right and wrong answers.
• Visual Quizzes test your knowledge of the figures, charts, and diagrams in the text.
• The online Audio Glossary provides definitions of all important terms in the text, with audio pronunciations for over 100 difficult words.

Connect:

Here you are asked to apply what you learned from the chapter and to make connections between concepts you have mastered.

• Biology in the News features current news related to biology, updated regularly.

Links

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About W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Margaret D. Norton first published lectures delivered at the People's Institute, the adult education division of New York City's Cooper Union. The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond the Institute, publishing books by celebrated academics from America and abroad. By mid-century, the two major pillars of Norton's publishing program—trade books and college texts—were firmly established. In the 1950s, the Norton family transferred control of the company to its employees, and today—with a staff of 400 and a comparable number of trade, college, and professional titles published each year—W. W. Norton & Company stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly by its employees.