Resources that get your students thinking like sociologists

To be effective, even the best book requires that students read it. New Check Your Understanding questions with rich answer-specific feedback in the You May Ask Yourself Norton Illumine Ebook aid reading comprehension and retention through recall and immediate feedback. The new Norton Illumine Ebook can be assigned on its own or in conjunction with InQuizitive, Norton’s adaptive learning tool that offers a low-stakes way for students to learn and apply concepts from the book in an engaging, game-like environment. 

Norton Illumine Ebook

The Norton Illumine Ebook for You May Ask Yourself uses interactives, video, and other rich multimedia to teach core concepts and theories in ways that support students’ varied learning styles. Embedded Check Your Understanding questions with rich answer-specific feedback tied to learning objectives allow students to assess their comprehension after reading short sections of text.

• “Thinking Like a Sociologist” interactives are short exercises that help students develop skills for their careers and personal lives, including critical thinking, data literacy, research strategies, and interpersonal skills.  
• New Check Your Understanding questions spread throughout the chapter include answer-specific feedback, aid understanding of big concepts, and provide opportunities for recall while reading. In addition, each Paradox animation and Dynamic Data Figure is followed by a Check Your Understanding question.  
• Select “Sociological Conversations” videos include new Check Your Understanding questions to encourage students to apply the video content to key chapter concepts.  
• Students’ progress is tracked as they work toward completion through easy-to-use assignment tools and LMS integration.  

InQuizitive

Norton’s easy-to-use adaptive learning tool personalizes the learning experience for students, helping them master—and retain—key learning objectives. Through a variety of question types, answer-specific feedback, and game-like elements such as the ability to adjust their confidence level for each question, students are motivated to keep working until they’ve mastered the concepts. As a result, students arrive better prepared for class, giving you more time for discussion and activities.  

• InQuizitive for You May Ask Yourself now includes more questions that focus on real-world applications as well as questions focusing on the new Dynamic Data Figures.
• A robust activity report makes it easy to identify challenging concepts and allows for just-in-time intervention when students are struggling.
• The convenience of LMS integration saves you time by allowing InQuizitive scores to report directly to your LMS gradebook.  

Everyday Sociology

Blog quizzes

These brief, chapter-based quizzes give instructors an easy way to bring current events into the classroom and provide students with a low-stakes opportunity to apply sociological concepts to everyday life. 

• Quizzes are tied to posts from the popular Everyday Sociology Blog.
• Discussion questions and activity suggestions in the instructor resource area and on the Norton Teaching Tools site support both traditional and online classes.