Grasping the principles of economics is the equivalent of educational gold not only for achieving better grades but for gaining knowledge that you will tap into for a lifetime. From understanding supply and demand to making sense of inflation, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Morduch’s Economics teaches a variety of concepts with this best-in-class adaptive study resource in McGraw-Hill’s LearnSmart Advantage Suite. It equips students to critically think about the information to figure out how solve problems that impact communities worldwide, creating a connection between the classroom and real life. Drawing on the authors’ experiences as academic economists, teachers, and policy advisors, a familiar curriculum is combined with adaptive assessment tools and material from new research and applied areas such as finance, behavioral economics, and the political economy.

What is LearnSmart?
LearnSmart is a digital adaptive learning platform that guides you through your course efficiently by prioritizing the important material. As you read your book, it helps you understand the topics you know, and then shows you what you still need to learn. It’ll ask you some questions to help you identify gaps, and prompt you to re-learn them.

Why LearnSmart?
Students who use LearnSmart are 35% more likely to complete their class. 13% more likely to pass their class. and have been proven to improve their performance by a full letter grade.

How does Learnsmart work?
LearnSmart uses revolutionary adaptive technology to build a learning experience unique to each student’s individual needs. It starts by identifying the topics a student knows and does not know. As the student progresses, LearnSmart adapts and adjusts the content based on his or her individual strengths, weaknesses and confidence, ensuring that every minute spent studying with LearnSmart is the most efficient and productive study time possible.
LearnSmart also takes into account that everyone will forget a certain amount of material. LearnSmart pinpoints areas that a student is most likely to forget and encourages periodic review to ensure that the knowledge is truly learned and retained. In this way, LearnSmart goes beyond simply getting students to memorize material – it helps them truly retain the material in their long term memory.