With Macmillan’s superior content delivered by LaunchPad (comprehensive course) or Achieve Read & Practice (e-book + online homework), Kathleen Berger’s breakthrough text tells a compelling story of life-span development via a topically organized approach.
This is not a reorganized iteration of another Berger textbook, but rather a fully reconceived first edition exploring human development topic by topic. But as always with Berger, it is exceptionally accessible and compelling, distinguished by an engaging narrative voice, wide-ranging cultural perspective, and an emphasis on relating universal themes to students' own lives.
The LaunchPad option for this book offers a variety of engaging activities including Data Connections (a hands-on approach to understanding research data, Visualizing Development, (which explores important concepts through a combination of media), and Developing Lives (where students to “raise” a virtual child from newborn to teenager).
- ISBN10 1464180865
- ISBN13 9781464180866
- Publish Date 21 April 2021 (first published 24 March 2021)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 624
- Language English