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<i>Fundamentals of Cost Accounting </i>provides a direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting, integrated with new technology learning tools. <i>Fundamentals</i> is short (approximately 700 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. <b><i>The Decision</i></b> opening vignettes and <b><i>Business Application</i></b> boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. All chapters conclude with a <b><i>Debrief</i></b> that links the topics in the chapter to the decision problem faced by the manager in the opening vignette. Comprehensive end-of-chapter material provides students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.<p><b>McGraw-Hill <i>Connect Accounting </i></b> a digital teaching and learning platform forhomework completion and review that helps improve student performance over avariety of critical outcomes while aiding instructor grading and assessmentefficiency.</p><p>Housed within Connect, <b>SmartBook</b> is an adaptivestudy tool that helps identify specific topics and learning objectivesindividual students need to study. As students read, <b>SmartBook</b> assesscomprehension and dynamically highlights where they need to focus more. Theresult is that students are more engaged with course content, can betterprioritize their time, and come to class ready to participate.</p><p> <b>End-of-Chapter Material </b>helpsyou apply the concepts in accounting and, in more comprehensive material,analyze the information to form business decisions. Assignable materialincludes exercises, problems and test bank material. Based on yourinstructor settings, you can receive instant feedback on your work either whileworking on an assignment or after the assignment is submitted for a grade.</p>