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Education leaders face the urgent challenge of preparing K-12 students for an increasingly competitive, knowledge-based global economy. In addition to combating high dropout rates, leaders also recognize that far too many high school graduates are unprepared to enter college or the work force. According to Greene and Winters in the 2005 report "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates: 1991-2002," only 50 percent of those who enroll in college are prepared to do college-level work. Additionally, a 2006 press release issued by The Partnership for 21st Century Skills states that 72 percent of those who enter the work force lack the basic writing skills that employers require.
Your Resource Partner
SAS® Curriculum Pathways® is Web-based software designed to enhance student achievement and teacher effectiveness in all the core disciplines: English, math, science, history and Spanish. Ten years in the making, the software is the result of an unprecedented collaboration between teachers and technology experts who serve as your resource partner, providing instructional activities and tools to help you:
- Teach a standards-based curriculum.
- Prepare students for college-level learning.
- Meet achievement and accountability criteria.
- Use research-validated instructional techniques.
- Implement learner-centered activities with measurable outcomes.
- Utilize interactive materials that target higher-order thinking skills.
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SAS Curriculum Pathways provides multiple learning paths through a lesson or unit and satisfies individual teaching and learning needs by:
- Integrating various instructional strategies.
- Providing real-world examples to use for problem solving.
- Appealing to multiple learning styles.
- Incorporating tailored feedback.
- Updating and adding new resources regularly.
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A Better Way to Learn
Developing first-rate educational or online learning materials takes a lot of time, effort and money. The activities in SAS Curriculum Pathways are grounded in the principles of cognitive science – which allows us to make evidence-based decisions about the most effective methods. Research has shown that student performance can increase by as much as 89 percent when online materials more effectively match what we know about the way students learn. (Clark, R.C. & Meyer, R.E. (2003). E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia. San Francisco: Pfeiffer).
Key Features
- Lessons.
More than 600 lessons organized by subject and subdivided into 28 categories and 208 topics – all mapped to state and national standards.
- Web Resources.
More than 5,000 teacher-selected Web resources are linked to learning objectives within specific topics, so students spend time learning rather than searching for reliable information.
- Web Inquiries.
More than 200 Web inquiries – which are structured, self-paced investigations that allow students to explore real-world issues by working with primary and secondary sources, data and interactive Web sites.
- InterActivities.
More than 200 InterActivities that enable students to explore, apply and analyze key concepts using simulations, multimedia tools and other innovative materials.
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