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Solutions / Improving Reading / Adolescent Literacy


Solutions / Improving Reading:
MERIT SOFTWARE KEY BENEFITS:

In-depth Instruction - Provides a structured and supportive environment that enables college prep students to apply skills while they are learning.

Intensive Concentration - When students encounter areas of difficulty, they can choose to access several forms of assistance. Explanations, tips, examples, and options to retry skills maximize learning opportunities.

Personalized Feedback - Context-sensitive tips help college prep students accept responsibility for their weaknesses and build their confidence as learners.

Automatic Scoring - Teachers are able to quickly measure student areas of concern, using our Teacher Program Manager, and plan lessons in response to specific needs.

Learn more about how Merit helps teachers, tutors and students achieve academic success.
Adolescent Literacy

Merit adult literacy software provides self-paced, hands on instuction in skill areas that students need to know. Adult literacy exercises cover essential reading, writing, and math concepts. Assessments place students in areas of instruction. They receive immediate feedback for their replies to questions. Student advance as they demonstrate readiness.

Reading Comprehension Booster
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 3 - 4
  • For students working on comprehension and main idea.
  • Several skill questions based on reading one passage.
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Effective Reading
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
DESIGNED FOR READING LEVELs: 5 - 8
  • For students working on main idea, sequence, and inference.
  • Several skill questions based on reading each non-fiction passage.
Paragraph Punch
Helps students learn different ways to write a paragraph.
DESIGNED FOR GRADE LEVELs: 5 - 10
  • Interactive, step-by-step writing prompts
  • Built-in tips guide students while they work
Vocabulary Stretch
Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins.
DESIGNED FOR GRADE LEVELs: 4 - 9
  • Best program to help students improve their vocabulary.
  • Teaches students prefixes, roots, suffixes, and word origins.
Grammar Fitness
Helps students master troublesome points of grammar.
DESIGNED FOR GRADE LEVELs: 4 - 8
  • Enhances recognition of common errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.
  • Students work on a single concept, or in a mixed-practice format.