English Grammar Skills Diagnostics
From nouns and pronouns, to subject/verb agreement and report writing, ODYSSEYWARE English Grammar Skills Diagnostics is a collection of topic-based units designed to be used for student remediation in language arts. Unit pretests let teachers determine topics that students need to revisit or review. This course can be used in conjunction with Prescriptive Credit Recovery to help student learn the concepts they need to complete courses towards graduation. Multimedia-rich, ODYSSEYWARE offers a fresh and innovative approach through which students can refresh their English and grammar skills.
Give a Testimonial Share This Page Grammar and language arts remediation is simple and memorable with ODYSSEYWARE’s English Grammar Skills Diagnostics course. This innovative, interactive class is broken down into topic-based units that cover all the English and grammar basics. From confusing verbs and tenses, to punctuation and capitalization, students progress through a series of pretests that indicate their skill level in each concept. When used in conjunction with Prescriptive Credit Recovery, students are able to test out of the units in which they achieve preset mastery benchmarks. When pretests indicate the need for further study, students work through multimedia-rich lessons to be retested until mastery is achieved. Students progress in this way through nearly all basic language arts concepts, preparing them for higher level language arts and writing classes or for end of instruction testing.
ODYSSEYWARE English Grammar Skills Diagnostics is an ideal way for teachers to evaluate students’ skills. Fully web-based and available 24/7, this course is a convenient way for students to brush up on skills they need to succeed. Technology-rich and student-driven, ODYSSEYWARE English Grammar Skills Diagnostics adds up to success for today’s learners.
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