Foundations in Microbiology by Talaro 4th Edition

ISBN-10: 0072320427
ISBN-13: 978-0072320428

Title: Foundations in Microbiology ; Fourth Edition
Author: Talaro, Kathleen P
Edition: 4th Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Place: Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date published: 2002

This textbook has several features that facilitate learning.

Chapter Overviews are quick statements about chapter content to show you the main concepts in the chapter.

Chapter Capsule with Key Terms contain key words and concepts together in outline form. They also make for a useful guide to review the material.

Chapter Checkpoints serve as a quick snapshot review of the main points of a section.

End of chapter questions are varied to give you experience in answering different types of exam questions. At the end of chapter 1, there is a description of how these questions are meant to be answered. Multiple choice questions can be used to quickly test yourself on what you know (answers are in the appendix). They are chosen from random information in the text, and it is likely that if you get them correct, you have adequate preparation. The same is true for the matching questions.

The concept questions require more in-depth knowledge and will demand that you write several sentences or even paragraphs to show your mastery of a given idea.

The critical-thinking questions are brain teasers that give you some problem solving experience after you have learned the basics of a certain concept. Many of them involve case studies, models, interpretations of graphs, comparisons, and lab exercises. They give you experience in applying microbiology to real life situations.

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