WHAT IS APLIA, AND HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE
KRUGMAN/WELLS MICROECONOMICS
TEXT?
The complete Aplia press release
- What is Aplia? Aplia, founded by economist Paul Romer, is the first
Web-based company to offer interactive problem sets, news analyses,
tutorials, and economic experiments designed to save time for professors
and encourage students to exert more effort in their learning. While the Aplia package is available on
its own, a version of the Aplia materials customized to complement
Krugman/Wells' Microeconomics text
is also available.
- How does Aplia work? You retain complete control and flexibility for your
course. You choose the material you want your students to complete in any
order you want. You decide whether online activities are practice
(ungraded) or graded. You can even edit or delete existing material and
add your own as you see fit. For a
preview of Aplia materials, visit http://www.aplia.com.
- What online materials are
included? In addition to the integrated online
version of the Krugman/Wells Microeconomics
text, the Aplia/Krugman package includes:
- Problem
Sets--Ready-to-go
interactive homework problems with built-in feedback and complete text
files from each chapter of Krugman/Wells to reinforce concepts covered in
the textbook and lecture.
- News
Analyses--Regularly
updated articles regarding economic news. Each article is summarized and connected to course
concepts. Discussion questions
and associated problems follow.
- Experiments--Real-time, online
simulations of market interactions that clarify key economic concepts and
connect students to real situations.
- Tutorials--Remedial support via
interactive tutorials for students who need additional help with math,
graphs, and statistics.
- Reports--Instant online reports that
allow you to target student trouble areas more efficiently, see trends,
and focus more of your time on teaching.
- What does it cost? Students pay just $60 for
complete text files from Krugman/Wells Microeconomics and access to
all the Aplia integrated online components.
- When is it available? The Aplia/Krugman package is
available for use in Fall 2004 classes.
For more information, contact Larry Gee at Aplia
(lgee@aplia.com).