Middle School Advantage 2010 [Old Version]

by Encore

Product Features

• Middle School Advantage 2010 is a complete student resource center that combines lessons, exercises and quizzes with additional learning resources
• Provides an interactive learning experience and the tools students need to gain learning confidence and improve their grades
• Interactive lessons and exercises that reinforce classroom learning; brain-building games add fun to studying
• Allows your child to learn at his/her own pace, improve study habits, identify problem areas and review lessons as needed
• Includes helpful reference tools plus iPod study materials

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001V9RCDW
• Item model number: 17270
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 25, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #946 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #7 in Software > Education & Reference > Writing & Literature

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Advantage provides an interactive learning experience and the tools students need to gain learning confidence and improve their grades. Help your child build a solid academic foundation with Middle School Advantage, a complete student resource center that combines lessons, exercises and quizzes with additional learning resources to support and motivate your child in reaching his or her full academic potential.

Establish a firm understanding of essential math topics with self-paced tutorials that simplify complex concepts and problems. Click to enlarge.

Explore and examine the wonders of Life Science, from the building blocks of living organisms to the complex processes of the human body. Click to enlarge.

Understand the impact of historical events with a pictorial journey that illustrates the ongoing challenges and triumphs of the American people. Click to enlarge.

Learn to communicate effectively through a variety of lessons and exercises designed to improve verbal and written skills. Click to enlarge.

Build and perfect basic conversational skills in Spanish, French, German and Italian using an audio & flash card-based system. Click to enlarge.

The ADVANTAGE Approach to Effective Learning

ADVANTAGE uses a unique approach that combines interactive lessons, exercises, and quizzes with additional learning resources to support and motivate students in reaching their full academic potential.

• Engage
  Interactive learning experience engages the student
  
  
• Reinforce
  Standards-driven lesson plan reinforces classroom learning
  
  
• Support
  Study aids & reference tools support the learning experience
  
  
• Motivate
  Brain-building games add fun to studying

Student Benefits

• Learn At Your Own Pace
• Improve Study Habits
• Identify Problem Areas
• Review Lessons As Needed

Student Resources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Ready Reference
• iPod study materials

Study Break Extras

• Brain-building games

Core Curriculum

Math
Establish a firm understanding of essential math topics with self-paced tutorials that simplify complex concepts and problems.

• Pre-Algebra
• Algebra
• Measurement & Geometry
• Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability

Science
Explore and examine the wonders of Life Science, from the building blocks of living organisms to the complex processes of the human body.

• Living Organisms
• Plants & Animals
• The Human Body
• Cell Biology

Social Studies
Understand the impact of historical events with a pictorial journey that illustrates the ongoing challenges and triumphs of the American people.

• Early Civilizations
• Revolution & the New Nation
• The Civil War & Reconstruction
• The Great Depression & World Wars I & II
• The Contemporary United States

English
Learn to communicate effectively through a variety of lessons and exercises designed to improve verbal and written skills.

• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Reading
• Writing

Foreign Language
Build and perfect basic conversational skills in Spanish, French, German and Italian using an audio & flash card-based system.

• Foods & Common Words
• Dates & Times
• Family Members
• Meeting & Greeting

PLUS: Brain-Building Games and iPod Study Materials!

Product Description

Advantage provides an interactive learning experience and the tools students need to gain learning confidence and improve their grades. Help your child build a solid academic foundation with Middle School Advantage, a complete student resource center that combines lessons, exercises and quizzes with additional learning resources to support and motivate your child in reaching his full academic potential.With Middle School Advantage, your child will develop and test his knowledge in Math, English, Social Studies, Science and Foreign Language. Additional study aids such as iPod study materials and Encyclopedia Britannica Ready Reference will help support the learning process while brain-building games make studying fun!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, October 16, 2009

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Jillian (Sunny CNY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Middle School Advantage 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I purchased this item for my 9th grader hoping that there would be some fun learning activities to reinforce what she has learned or will learn. There are no learning activities, mostly text. The Spanish flash cards held the most promise, but if you do not have international symbols loaded on your keyboard and apply the correct accent, the program does not proceed. The history and science portion is nothing but text. Well, she can read her own textbook. BORING. The program does not work well either. The interface is awkward, and does not work well. The program seems to have been written in DOS and just upgraded with basic button interface for the menus. Very poorly done. All-in-all a total waste of money. I will probably not ever purchase a Broderbund product again. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great software, December 8, 2010

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Josette (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Middle School Advantage 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I purchased this software for my two middle schoolers they are in 6th and 7th grade. I homeschool so I wanted a software with all subjects on it so they can learn in a fun way. This software is amazing my kids are using it as a supplement to review and it has games that are fun, quizzes, and it even teaches second language. It is a basic format so it is not hard for your kids to use or figure out. It has textbook style learning for certain subjects too. I am confident that my kids using this software to review will help them achieve success in learning.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great software for tutoring your kids!!!, February 3, 2011

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Savannah Brown "SavB" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Middle School Advantage 2010 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I used this tool to help tutor my son, who is int he eight grade, his reading was weak and after using this software, he brought his reading grade up 2 letters from a C to an A.