Introductory Chemistry Essentials (MasteringChemistry)

For one-semester courses in Preparatory Chemistry Builds 21st century and problem solving skills, preparing students for success Now in its 6th Edition, the best-selling Introductory Chemistry continues to encourage student interest by showing how chemistry manifests in students daily lives. Author Nivaldo Tro draws upon his classroom experience as an award-winning instructor to extend chemistry from the laboratory to the students world, capturing student attention with relevant applications and an engaging writing style. The text provides a superior teaching and learning experience, enabling deep conceptual understanding, fostering the development of problem-solving skills, and encouraging interest in chemistry with concrete examples. Extending chemistry from the lab to the students world, the text reveals that anyone can master chemistry. Refined to meet its purpose of teaching relevant skills, the 6th Edition includes new questions, data, and sections to help students build the 21st century skills necessary to succeed in introductory chemistry and beyond. Already a visual text, in this edition the art has been further refined and improved, making the visual impact sharper and more targeted to student learning. The new edition also includes new Conceptual Checkpoints, a widely embraced feature that emphasizes understanding rather than calculation, as well as a new category of end-of-chapter questions called Data Interpretation and Analysis, which present real data in real life situations and ask students to analyze and interpret that data. Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering Chemistry Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Mastering combines trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform to personalize the learning experience and improve results for each student.Built for, and directly tied to the text, Mastering Chemistry enables an extension of learning, allowing students a platform to practice, learn, and apply outside of the classroom. Note: You are purchasing a standalone book; Pearson eText and Mastering Chemistry do not come packaged with this content. Students, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If your instructor has assigned Pearson eText as your main course material, search for: 0135214300 / 9780135214305 Pearson eText Introductory Chemistry Essentials, 6/e -- Access Card OR 0135214319 / 9780135214312 Pearson eText Introductory Chemistry Essentials, 6/e-- Instant Access If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Chemistry, search for: 0134407636 / 9780134407630 Introductory Chemistry Essentials Plus Mastering Chemistry with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0134291808 / 9780134291802 Introductory Chemistry Essentials 0134412753 / 9780134412757 Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Introductory Chemistry