Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning platform, Achieve, Belsky’s popular text is more effective than ever at helping students reach new levels of understanding of developmental psychology. Belsky draws from a variety of cultures around the world to tell the story of human development, communicating the scientific understanding and human impact of developmental psychology in the highly conversational style of a great teacher. The new edition features significant research breakthroughs, effective pedagogy, and captivating examples drawn from throughout the world—and still is just the right length and level for a single-term course. And because students’ and instructors’ needs are changing, our most powerful learning option is also our most affordable. The Achieve platform sets a whole new standard for digital content delivery—especially for integrating assessments, activities, and analytics—and it is the exclusive home of extraordinary resources such as the Developmental Psychology Video Collection.  

Understand the story of the West in the context of global connections　 With all digital content now available in Macmillan’s breakthrough platform, Achieve, The Making of the West tells the story of the cross-cultural, global exchanges that have shaped western history.  Achieve forThe Making of the West comes loaded with the full-color ebook plus LearningCurve, an adaptive learning tool; the popular Sources of The Making of the West documents collection; additional primary sources; a wealth of assessment options; chapter summative quizzes; a robust reporting tool, and more to help students develop and grow their historical skills. The text provides primary sources in each chapter, a full-color map and art program, and comprehensive supplement options. The text is also available in a two-color Value Edition, which includes the unabridged narrative and select maps and images from the comprehensive text.

Understand the story of the West in the context of global connections　 With all digital content now available in Macmillan’s breakthrough course platform, Achieve, The Making of the West tells the story of the cross-cultural, global exchanges that have shaped western history.　 Achieve forThe Making of the West comes loaded with the full-color ebook plus LearningCurve, an adaptive learning tool; the popular Sources of The Making of the West documents collection; additional primary sources; a wealth of assessment options; chapter summative quizzes; a robust reporting tool, and more to help students develop and grow their historical skills. The text provides primary sources in each chapter, a full-color map and art program, and comprehensive supplement options. The text is also available in a two-color Value Edition, which includes the unabridged narrative and select maps and images from the comprehensive text.

O'Hair, Rubenstein, and Stewart’s acclaimed guide is the market leading handbook of its kind, offering the content and resources students need to overcome the fundamental challenges of public speaking. Its tabbed, spiral-binding format makes it easy to find the trusted speech advice on a full range of topics and situations. The updated new edition addresses the most pressing needs of today's students—from presenting online to diversity and inclusion—making it the most complete speech handbook available. With new research, an entire chapter dedicated to online presentations, and new student speech videos, it provides the best support for navigating the accelerated shift to digital communication. In addition, the authors partnered with two expert reviewers on linguistic diversity, creating a more inclusive text where culture is an asset in the teaching, learning, and practice of communication. Now available with Achieve! The Achieve courseware for A Speaker’s Guidebook sets the standard for driving student learning in your public speaking course with powerful learning content, engaging activities, and actionable insights and analytics. Achieve brings together an interactive e-textbook, speech videos, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and other assessments, learning activities, and extensive instructor resources–all within a new, enhanced technology platform carefully built over the past five years

Understand the story of the West in the context of global connections　 With all digital content now available in Macmillan’s breakthrough course platform, Achieve, The Making of the West tells the story of the cross-cultural, global exchanges that have shaped western history.　 Achieve for The Making of the West comes loaded with the full-color ebook plus LearningCurve, an adaptive learning tool; the popular Sources of The Making of the West documents collection; additional primary sources; a wealth of assessment options; chapter summative quizzes; a robust reporting tool, and more to help students develop and grow their historical skills. The text provides primary sources in each chapter, a full-color map and art program, and comprehensive supplement options. The text is also available in a two-color Value Edition, which includes the unabridged narrative and select maps and images from the comprehensive text.

Praised for its focus on turning points and engines of change, the Concise Edition of America’s History explains the why behind events. The tenth edition　 presents a greater variety of tools to engage today's students. This edition includes new part opener features to help students study change and continuity in key periods, new coverage of capitalism and the economy, and an enhanced primary and secondary source program designed to develop historical thinking skills.　 Available at a steep discount when packaged with the print book, the popular digital assignment options for this text bring skill building and assessment to a new and highly effective level. The greatest active learning options come in LaunchPad, Macmillan’s comprehensive and customizable learning platform, which combines an accessible, full-color e-book with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that—when assigned—helps ensure students read the book; the complete companion reader with quizzes on each source; and many other study and assessment tools. For instructors who want the easiest and most affordable way to ensure students come to class prepared, Achieve Read & Practice pairs LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and our mobile, accessible, two-color Value Edition e-book, in one easy-to-use product.

Praised for its focus on turning points and engines of change, the Concise Edition of America’s History explains the why behind events. The tenth edition　 presents a greater variety of tools to engage today's students. This edition includes new part opener features to help students study change and continuity in key periods, new coverage of capitalism and the economy, and an enhanced primary and secondary source program designed to develop historical thinking skills.　 Available at a steep discount when packaged with the print book, the popular digital assignment options for this text bring skill building and assessment to a new and highly effective level. The greatest active learning options come in LaunchPad, Macmillan’s comprehensive and customizable learning platform, which combines an accessible, full-color e-book with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that—when assigned—helps ensure students read the book; the complete companion reader with quizzes on each source; and many other study and assessment tools. For instructors who want the easiest and most affordable way to ensure students come to class prepared, Achieve Read & Practice pairs LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and our mobile, accessible, two-color Value Edition e-book, in one easy-to-use product.

Praised for its focus on turning points and engines of change, the Concise Edition of America’s History explains the why behind events. The tenth edition　 presents a greater variety of tools to engage today's students. This edition includes new part opener features to help students study change and continuity in key periods, new coverage of capitalism and the economy, and an enhanced primary and secondary source program designed to develop historical thinking skills.　 Available at a steep discount when packaged with the print book, the popular digital assignment options for this text bring skill building and assessment to a new and highly effective level. The greatest active learning options come in LaunchPad, Macmillan’s comprehensive and customizable learning platform, which combines an accessible, full-color e-book with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that—when assigned—helps ensure students read the book; the complete companion reader with quizzes on each source; and many other study and assessment tools. For instructors who want the easiest and most affordable way to ensure students come to class prepared, Achieve Read & Practice pairs LearningCurve adaptive quizzing and our mobile, accessible, two-color Value Edition e-book, in one easy-to-use product.

Now with all digital content in Macmillan Learning’s Achieve, For All Practical Purposes emphasizes the connections between contemporary mathematics and modern society. Long a foundational text in the development of the liberal arts mathematics course, its  distinctive style introduces students to real math applications without simply listing equations and asking students to crunch numbers—practice is geared toward understanding what these equations do and what they can reveal. For All Practical Purposes seeks to engage those students who tend to be wary or disinterested in math courses and to show them both the usefulness of these math concepts and the beauty of math as applied in the world around us. The new edition of For All Practical Purposes is available with Macmillan’s groundbreaking online platform Achieve. Achieve features tools and assessment meant to engage students before, during, and after class, while providing flexibility and rich analytics for instructors. Along with the fully accessible, interactive e-book, Achieve also contains videos and interactive activities, adaptive quizzing, active learning tools, and tutorial-style assessment from the text with hints, error-specific feedback, and fully worked solutions.  

Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach and online resources in Achieve provide the keys to understanding statistics in the real world for today’s students. The authors have taken their streamlined writing style and layered in a wealth of worked examples, real data and applications, and easily accessible resources for making sense of statistics in our everyday lives. Knowledge and skills in statistics should be attainable for all students, no matter their background, and Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach balances the skill building and straightforward conceptual understanding students need to succeed. The digital resources in Achieve connect the mission of the text to immersive learning experiences and multimedia with a variety of assessment types to fit any teaching style. For courses that incorporate statistical software, Tech Corners in the text and in Achieve encourage students to analyze real-world data with the software of their choice. Achieve and Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach started first with the needs of students–how they learn and digest new material, what’s relevant to them, and how they practice their skills–and built out an all-in-one offering designed to provide a pathway to understanding for students of all backgrounds.