Accelerated Learning

• Academic achievement gaps are bridged with Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum!

• Students learn academic material faster!

  • Why? . . . because the content, format and incentive features rivet students' attention on daily assignments.

  • PAC works when other programs fail! Standard textbooks often fail to produce results because under-performing students are not attracted to cluttered textbook pages or programmed computer lessons.

  • With PAC's paper-based or audio- optical computer editions, students bridge academic gaps and accelerate efforts to graduate with their peers.

• PAC curriculum is designed to be used in multiple settings:

  • Regular classrooms, Recover Initiatives, alternative centers, accelerated learning programs

   

• PAC is ideal for regular or specific programs

  • Summer School Recovery Session

  • Accelerated Ninth Grade Success Initiative

  • English as a Second Language (ESL)

  • Sight/Hearing Limited

   

• Recovery/Prevention/Special Education:

  • Teachers can utilize classroom computers to place students on their own least restrictive modified IEP. "Talking Textbooks" read aloud each lesson to the student while the student completes a companion activity book.

   

• Summer School:

  • Reclaim failing students by accelerating them through our flag ship courses: Basic Math Skills, English Language Skills, Integrated Physics & Chemistry, and American history. Students work through the lessons with either a print or "Talking Textbooks" edition. Students not only learn core content, but prepare for state academic assessment exams because PAC builds assessment preparation right into every lesson!

• Accelerated Ninth Grade Success Initiative:
  The pressure is on to meet criteria of NCLB, but new funds for accelerated initiatives have been released by state and federal agencies to address the unacceptable drop-out (Leaver) rate among under-performing students. The problem is real but PAC can help!

  • Students who have failed 9th grade math, English, IPC or American history now have the opportunity to make up credit to keep moving towards graduation with peers.

  • Because PAC curriculum focuses on helping the students be successful, they experience immediate hope in core subjects.

  • If students are auditory learners, then use our "Talking Textbooks" to accelerate students to peer level in regular classrooms or labs.

  

• English as a Second Language:Students who are classified as ESL have more than the hurdle of learning English. They still need to finish courses required to earn their diploma. Our "Talking Textbooks" for Kurzweil 3000TM provide practical tools to help students learn English and complete core subjects right along with peers.

  • The textbooks read aloud so ESL students see and hear how to pronounce English words and sentence structure.

  • Vocabulary is improved through student selectable dictionaries that allow students to see and hear English words defined in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and French.

  • Reading speed can be adjusted from 50 wpm to 600 wpm.

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• Sight/Hearing Limited: Sight limited/hearing impaired students can enjoy inclusion learning in a manner that maintains dignity and self-worth. The "Talking Textbooks" are ideal for students who need learning modifications that include audio/optical enhancement.

  Letter sizes can be enlarged and sound adjusted as needed. A highlighted cursor moves the students' eyes left-to-right and down the page at variable reading speeds (50 to 600 wpm). The student can stop the cursor at any place and repeat a sentence or single word as needed for understanding and/or to respond to activity questions.

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