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smartPhysics is a fully integrated learning environment that maximizes the effectiveness of the calculus–based physics course for students and instructors alike.
smartPhysics includes animated PreLectures that introduce students to concepts and check for understanding, peer instruction elements and clicker integration, a narrative–focused textbook that emphasizes key concepts, and a robust online homework system complete with interactive tutorials and a sophisticated feedback mechanism.
With nearly a decade of research and development, smartPhysics provides detailed, real–time information that instructors can use to create a meaningful and memorable learning experience.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TODAY?
Choose effective, affordable learning tools for my students
smartPhysics is the only system to support each stage of the course: Students engage with material before class with animated PreLecture activities, during class with tailored lectures and peer instruction, and after class with examples, tutorials, and homework problems carefully designed to build understanding. Each medium–online or print–is designed to do what it does best. smartPhysics is priced affordably, and students keep what they buy.
Create interactive and engaging lectures
Using data reported from student performance during PreLectures, instructors can easily incorporate proven just–in–time teaching methods and peer instruction elements into their lectures, offering students a more meaningful and memorable learning experience.
Employ proven techniques to teach my students calculus-based physics
Backed by research published in the American Journal of Physics, students who use smartPhysics have better comprehension and retention of material, and they report that they are more satisfied with their learning experience. The formative assessment incorporated throughout smartPhysics creates continual opportunities for learning, practice, application, and synthesis.
Have valuable information and instructor resources at my fingertips
The smartPhysics gradebook monitors individual and class performance, providing powerful information that an instructor can use to tailor an upcoming lecture. Comprehensive yet fully editable lecture slides provide a framework for integration into the course. Full solutions, exam-prep questions, and intuitive system controls round out the suite of instructor resources, making smartPhysics implementation straightforward and flexible.