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STUDY SKILLS BUILDER 18 • MyMathLab and MathXL. MyMathLab is a text-
specific online course. MathXL is an online home-
Are You Familiar with Your Textbook Supplements? work, tutorial, and assessment system.Take a moment
and determine whether these are available to you.
Below is a review of some of the student supplements
available for additional study. Check to see if you are As usual, your instructor is your best source of
using the ones most helpful to you. information.
• Chapter Test Prep Videos. These videos provide video Exercises
clip solutions to the Chapter Test exercises in this text.
You will find this extremely useful when studying for Let’s see how you are doing with textbook supplements.
tests or exams. 1. Name one way the Lecture Videos can be helpful to
• Interactive DVD Lecture Series. These are keyed to you.
each section of the text. The material is presented by
2. Name one way the Chapter Test Prep Video can
me, Elayn Martin-Gay, and I have placed a by the
help you prepare for a chapter test.
exercises in the text that I have worked on the video.
3. List any textbook supplements that you have found
• The Student Solutions Manual. This contains worked-
useful.
out solutions to odd-numbered exercises as well as
4. Have you located and visited a learning resource lab
every exercise in the Integrated Reviews, Chapter
located on your campus?
Reviews, Chapter Tests, and Cumulative Reviews.
• Pearson Tutor Center. Mathematics questions may be 5. List the textbook supplements that are currently
phoned, faxed, or e-mailed to this center. housed in your campus’s learning resource lab.

STUDY SKILLS BUILDER 19 • Don’t forget to check with your instructor for other
local resources available to you, such as a tutoring
Are You Getting All the Mathematics Help That center.
You Need?
Exercises
Remember that, in addition to your instructor, there are
many places to get help with your mathematics course. 1. List items you find helpful in the text and all student
For example: supplements to this text.
• This text has an accompanying video lesson for every 2. List all the campus help that is available to you for
section. There are also worked-out solutions to every this course.
Chapter Test exercise as well as the Practice Final Exam. 3. List any help (besides the textbook) from Exercises
• The back of the book contains answers to odd-numbered 1 and 2 above that you are using.
exercises and selected solutions.
4. List any help (besides the textbook) that you feel
• A Student Solutions Manual is available that contains you should try.
worked-out solutions to odd-numbered exercises as
5. Write a goal for yourself that includes trying every-
well as solutions to every exercise in the Integrated
thing you listed in Exercise 4 during the next week.
Reviews, Chapter Reviews, Chapter Tests, and Cumu-
lative Reviews.