Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach
By Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
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Renowned author team, Steve and Susan Zumdahl have for decades focused on helping students build critical-thinking skills while learning to "think like chemists." This focus on conceptual understanding and strong problem-solving orientation provides students the building blocks towards gaining mastery. In this third edition of CHEMISTRY: AN ATOMS FIRST APPROACH, Steve and Susan Zumdahl, with new co-author Don DeCoste, place special emphasis on the fluidity of topics, guiding students through the concept of molecules, structure and bonding to more complex materials and their properties. This text is enhanced with interactive resources available in OWLv2, a powerful online learning system with richly dynamic problems and newly enhanced content that features a wider range of quality feedback and point-of-use remediation.
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Renowned author team, Steve and Susan Zumdahl have for decades focused on helping students build critical-thinking skills while learning to "think like chemists." This focus on conceptual understanding and strong problem-solving orientation provides students the building blocks towards gaining mastery. In this third edition of CHEMISTRY: AN ATOMS FIRST APPROACH, Steve and Susan Zumdahl, with new co-author Don DeCoste, place special emphasis on the fluidity of topics, guiding students through the concept of molecules, structure and bonding to more complex materials and their properties. This text is enhanced with interactive resources available in OWLv2, a powerful online learning system with richly dynamic problems and newly enhanced content that features a wider range of quality feedback and point-of-use remediation.
AN ATOMS FIRST APPROACH: By taking an atoms first approach, the authors provide students with a fluid, unified story built around an organizing principle--start the course with the smallest element, the atom, and build from there. Building their explanations around this structure, the authors consistently show the importance and relevance of studying chemistry.
A FOCUS ON CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Rather than focusing on memorizing, the book gives students the tools they need to become critical thinkers: to ask questions, to apply rules and develop models, and to evaluate the outcome.
A STRONG PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION: Throughout the text, the authors encourage students learn how to solve problems by thinking them through rather than relying on memorizing. Section 5.3, "Learning to Solve Problems," emphasizes the importance of thoughtful, creative problem solving, which produces more long-term, meaningful learning that can be applied to real life.
A STRONG PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION: Throughout the text, the authors encourage students learn how to solve problems by thinking them through rather than relying on memorizing. Section 5.3, "Learning to Solve Problems," emphasizes the importance of thoughtful, creative problem solving, which produces more long-term, meaningful learning that can be applied to real life.
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