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Revise PagesPreface • xiiimay use this electronic resource to review course material, and to assess his/her
mastery and understanding of topics covered in the text.
4.Index of Learning Styles. Upon answering a 44-item questionnaire, a user’s
learning style preference (i.e., the manner in which information is assimilated and
processed) is assessed.
5.Extended Learning Objectives—a more extensive list of learning objectives
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the subject material to a greater degree of depth.
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5.Conversion guide.This guide notes, for each homework problem/question (by
number), whether or not it appeared in the second edition ofFundamentals, and,
if so, its number in this previous edition. Some problems have been refreshed (i.e.,
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refreshed problems are also indicated in this conversion guide.
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