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Clear, Logical
Explanations. Difficult concepts and complex
procedures are written in a simple, straightforward style to insure student
understanding.
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Allied Health Emphasis.
Exercises have been chosen and written
to emphasize medical applications of microbiology for nursing and other allied
health majors.
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Research Theme.
What
makes science fun is having the opportunity to design independent experiments.
Therefore an experimental research theme is interwoven throughout the
manual. In addition each exercise ends with a Scientific
Inquiry box containing suggestions for further experiments.
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Critical Thinking.
Students need to learn more than
facts. More and more today allied
health professionals are being expected to problem-solve and apply their
training to novel situations. Throughout
this book discussion questions are designed to become progressively more
challenging and require more critical thought from the students.
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Supplementary Materials.
The book contains appendices to offer further help in topics including:
detailed safety guidelines for lab, a popular step-by-step tutorial for the
metric system, and study guides for microbiological terminology and scientific
names. See Example.
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CD-ROM.
A
CD-ROM is included that provides software to complement lab exercises on
counting microbes, antimicrobial resistance, and serological tests. It
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Color Atlas.
A
Color Atlas of lab results contains an
extensive collection of photographs taken with a macro lens and through the
microscope to provide students with help interpreting their lab results. |
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Binding.
The
lab manual comes pre-drilled with holes for insertion into a student's three
ring binder. Individual labs can be
collected for grading and later returned to the manual without disruption of the
student's work.
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Positive
Experience. Students
have reported that they enjoy the hands-on activities and occasional humor of
the exercises. See
Example.
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Cost.
Textbook
costs have become prohibitive to many struggling students.
At
$20.00 cost of this book is one-half to one-third the cost of other
microbiology lab manuals. |