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Feedback from Schools in New Zealand and
Other Countries
"One
particular student's success is noteworthy,
a 14 year old boy with a 7 year developmental
delay in reading, various learning disabilities,
severe behaviour problems and an intense
and vocal dislike of previous remedial intervention.
This unwilling student metamorphasised before
our eyes as he found meaning, esteem and
success on SuccessMaker"
Hillmorton High School,
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Only SuccessMaker™ can Provide
an Individual Course Mapped to Each Student's Needs, and
do so Automatically.
- This has resulted in
significant learning gains: in one project , gains of
up to 20 months in number skills in just a six month period.
Similar gains in reading have also been noted.
- The software has been
effective in identifying specific and individual areas
of need of students, highlighting areas for teacher intervention.
- Improvements in work
have continued into other classroom activities.
- Significant gains for
ESL students have been observed.
SuccessMaker™ Provides Challenging Work in an Attractive
Multi-Media Environment with Colour, Sound, Animation and
Video
- The majority of students
value their time on the system, They feel they are making
progress and appreciate the calm, private learning atmosphere.
- Students normally described
as having behaviour problems seem able to concentrate
and are making significant gains.
- Children with poor concentration
skills have shown substantial improvement.
SuccessMaker™ has Enabled Schools to Find New and Effective
Ways to Manage and Resource Learning.
- This has lead to higher
"time on task" with lower pupil/pupil and teacher/
pupil interaction than in normal classrooms. Schools cite
30 minutes time on task in half an hour compared with
a normal maximum of 20 minutes.
- Teachers have adopted
creative strategies - using the presence of a number of
SuccessMaker stations to split their classes and work
more individually with the remainder. This means that
pupil/teacher ratios have been improved by the use of
the system.
Containing a vast
amount of material available in an easily managed form,
SuccessMaker™ is appropriate to primary, secondary
and adult learning.
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