Contemporary Criminal Law- Vantage Learning Platform

Concepts, Cases, and Controversies

FAVORITE SAGE VANTAGE FEATURES

• Pedagogical Scaffolding
  Builds on core concepts, moving students from basic understanding to mastery.

• Confidence Builder
  Offers frequent Knowledge Checks, applied-learning multimedia tools (including assignable video with assessment), and chapter quizzes with focused feedback to ensure students know key concepts. Additionally, data analysis activities help build data literacy skills.

• eReading Experience
  Makes it easy for students to learn by presenting content in easy-to-digest chunks accompanied by frequent Knowledge Checks. The eReader also features notetaking, highlighting, definition look-up, and other helpful reading tools.

• Assignments and Measurement Made Simple
  Feeds auto-graded assignments to your gradebook, with real-time insight into student and class performance. The highly visual reports show if your students are struggling and where they need the most help.

• LMS Integration
  Saves you time by giving you access to all course materials from one location. SAGE Vantage can integrate with your LMS providing Single Sign-On (SSO) and gradebook integration.

• Simple Course Setup and Management
  Enables you to set up your course in just 3 steps—so fast you can complete it in minutes! Additionally, instructor control over assignments, content selection, due dates, and grading supports the way you choose to teach.

• Quality Content
  Written by expert authors and teachers you trust, content is not sacrificed for technical features.

• Student Dashboard
  Offers a highly visual student dashboard for easy access to grades, so students know exactly where they stand in your course and where they might improve.

• Greater Value and Choice
  Affordable access to easy-to-use, quality learning tools students will appreciate.

• Greater Flexibility
  Easy to access across mobile, desktop, and tablet devices, SAGE Vantage enables students to engage with the material you choose, learn by applying knowledge, and soar with confidence by performing better in your course.

• Learning Questions: Tied to learning objectives provided in the instructor resources, these preface each chapter, introducing students to the focus of the chapter and preparing them for the material it covers.
• Check Your Understanding questions: Featured at the conclusion of every major section in a chapter, ensuring students’ comprehension and retention of what they’ve just read.
• Doing Sociology activities: Active learning exercises that appear multiple times in each chapter to enable students to apply the sociological concepts and methods covered. Designed for instructors to use in class, online, or as assignments conducted outside of class.
• Consider This questions: Spark deep thinking as well as classroom discussions.
• Sociologists in Action boxes: Provide examples of how sociology can be used to make a positive impact on society. Feature a student or professional “sociologist in action” doing public sociology related to the material covered in the chapter.
• Key Terms: Appear in bold where they are substantially discussed for the first time and are compiled in a list with page numbers at the end of their respective chapters. Corresponding definitions can be found in the Glossary.
• Chapter Summary: Concludes each chapter by restating the learning questions presented at the start of the chapter and provides respective answers to verify students’ understanding and retention of the material.