

American Democracy in Context Vantage Shipped Access Card
- John Anthony Maltese - University of Georgia, USA
- Joseph A. Pika - University of Delaware, USA
- W. Phillips Shively - University of Minnesota, USA
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- Pedagogical Scaffolding
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- Confidence Builder
Offers frequent knowledge checks, applied-learning multimedia tools, and chapter tests with focused feedback to assure students know key concepts.
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Feeds auto-graded assignments to your gradebook, with real-time insight into student and class performance.
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American Democracy in Context provides a combined comparative and historical approach to inspire students to better understand, care, and become active citizens.
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- Assessment tools that foster review, practice, and critical thinking, and offer a more complete way to measure student engagement including:
- Chapter quizzes that identify opportunities for improvement, track student progress, and ensure mastery of key learning objectives
- Test banks built on Bloom's Taxonomy that provide a diverse range of test items
- Activity and quiz options that allow you to choose only the assignments and tests you want
- Instructions on how to use and integrate the comprehensive assessments and resources provided
- Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides that offer flexibility when creating multimedia lectures so you don’t have to start from scratch but you can customize to your exact needs
- Instructor manual for each chapter that includes a chapter summary, outline, multimedia links, discussion questions, and in-class activities
- Sample course syllabi with suggested models for structuring your course that give you options to customize your course in a way that is perfect for you
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