ConnectPlus® Chemistry
connect.mheducation.com With ConnectPlus, instructors can deliver assignments, quizzes, and tests online. Questions are formatted in either multiple choice or open-ended numeric entry, with a variety of static and randomized, algorithmic versions. Instructors can edit existing questions or author entirely new problems. Track individual student performance—by question, assignment, or in relation to the class overall—with detailed, exportable grade reports. Additionally, ConnectPlus provides students 24/7 access to an interactive eBook—an online edition of the Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter & Change text.
Included within ConnectPlus is LearnSmart™! LearnSmart is an intelligent learning system that uses a series of adaptive questions to pinpoint each student’s knowledge gaps. LearnSmart then provides an optimal learning path for each student, so that they spend less time in areas they already know and more time in areas they don’t.
Martin S. Silberberg received his B.S. in chemistry from the City University of New York in 1966 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Oklahoma, in 1971. He then accepted a research position at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he studied the chemical nature of neurotransmission and Parkinson's disease. In 1977, Dr. Silberberg joined the faculty of Simon's Rock College of Bard (Massachusetts), a liberal arts college known for its excellence in teaching small classes of highly motivated students. As Head of the Natural Sciences Major and Director of Premedical Studies, he taught courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and nonmajors chemistry. The close student contact afforded him insights into how students learn chemistry, where they have difficulties, and what strategies can help them succeed. In 1983, Dr. Silberberg decided to apply these insights in a broader context and established a text writing and editing company. Before writing his own text, he worked on chemistry, biochemistry, and physics texts for several major college publishers. He resides with his wife and child in Massachusetts. For relaxation, he cooks, sings, and walks in the woods.