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AN UNSURPASSED INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE PACKAGE
The instructional package accompanying this text is specially designed to simplify teaching and learning.
The supplementary package for the Fourteenth Edition of Business Communication Today has been
thoroughly revised. The following sections contain brief descriptions of the supplementary materials that
are available:
• Instructor’s Resource Manual
• Test Item File
INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL
This manual is a comprehensive instructor’s tool kit. Its many resources are divided into two sections:
general teaching guides and chapter guides.
General teaching guides
• Course Planning Guide
• Cooperative Learning Guide for Groups and Small Teams
Chapter guides
• Chapter outline
• Detailed lecture outlines
TEST ITEM FILE
The Test Item File, written by Susan Schanne, Eastern Michigan University, available for download,
contains more than 1,960 questions, carefully constructed to provide a fair, structured program of
evaluation. The questions for each chapter consist of a comprehensive set of multiple-choice, true/false,
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PRENTICE HALL’S COMPUTERIZED TEST MANAGER—TESTGEN
This text’s TestGen version (ISBN 0134388097) of the Test Item File is also available online at
www.pearsonhighered.com/irc. This user-friendly software allows you to generate error-free tests quickly
and easily by previewing questions individually on the screen and then selecting randomly by query or by
number. The Computerized Test Manager allows you to generate random tests with our extensive bank of
questions. You can also edit our questions/answers and even add some of your own. You can create an
exam, administer it traditionally or online, and analyze your success with a simple click of the mouse.
Enhancements now allow you to:
• Import test questions from word processors
• Import/export tests
POWERPOINT LECTURE PRESENTATION SLIDES
Enhance your classroom lectures with this well-developed PowerPoint presentation created by Danielle
Scane, Orange Coast College. Colorful text-specific electronic slides highlight and reinforce the important
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