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Textbook publishers add online tools to win over professors

Scott Hildrethâ??s training in physics and astronomy stopped short of teaching him how to read minds. For much of his career as a professor at Chabot College, in Hayward, Calif., this presented a problem. Hildreth recalls the daily routine of trying to figure out which concepts he should try to reinforce in his lecture. “Now, itâ??s totally different,” Hildreth says. “I literally spend my time now tuning my delivery for each class according to so much more information.”