What do professors say about the Visual Analogy Guides?

“My students love the analogies, drawings, and summaries in the Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy. All three features help them to learn and retain the material. I used to make the Visual Analogy Guide optional, but after receiving so much positive feedback from the students, I now require them to buy it. It is always the first resource they take out when they are getting ready to learn anatomy in the lab. I really feel the Visual Analogy Guide is very helpful to my students. I hope other professors try it and have the same success.”

- Laura Juárez de Ku, Ph.D.,

Austin Community College, TX

“The Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy allows me to provide the students with visual aids that are less complicated than their lab manuals, so they can learn difficult concepts or see things from a fresh perspective. I also like giving them fun ways to learn and remember course materials.”

- Steve Lytle, Ph.D., California Polytechnic State University,

San Luis Obispo, CA

“I recommend both guides to my students each semester. Students who come in with a weak biology background get the most benefit, but all students gain from the use of these books. I suggest they use them as a supplemental source of information, as a workbook, and as a coloring book (three books in one!). While reviewing for the cardiovascular test, a student in class told her classmates who were having a problem with blood flow through the heart and lungs, ‘I didn’t get it either ‘till I worked it through in the Analogy Guide; now I understand it completely!’ What instructor could ask for more?”

- Susan Starr, MS, Washtenaw Community College, MI

“I find a lot of the comparable books on the market to be cluttered and visually distracting, overwhelming the students. The illustrations in the Visual Analogy Guides are clean schematics that have sufficient detail to be useful for preview, review, or self-quizzing.”

- Karen Reiss, PhD, College of the Redwoods, CA

“I have had nothing but positive feedback from students concerning the Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy and the Visual Analogy Guide to Human Physiology books. A vast majority of the students that I teach are visual learners. Having these guides as supplemental materials really helps this type of student conceptualize ideas that are very difficult to integrate into their knowledge background. Because the texts use everyday examples, like assembly lines or revolving doors, to explain complex cellular events, students are much more likely to recall these processes during exams while simultaneously demystifying many anatomical and physiological terms. For the price, I cannot think of a better ancillary text for students which maximize their understanding and recall of my course material.”

- Audra Day RN, PhD, South Plains College, TX