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3 Lessons Learned From Education Technology Research
ASSISTments is featured in Hechinger Report article as a math software rising to the top of tools that show learning improvement. The article references a J-PAL study on the tool and the SRI-led Efficacy Study on ASSISTments.
“We had the guts to expose ourselves” to randomized control trials, said Neil Heffernan, the inventor of ASSISTments, and a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. The article goes on to state, "Heffernan’s business approach is unusual in the education technology industry. He financed the development of his software with federal funds and gives it away free to schools. Heffernan now has grants to test whether the Maine results can be replicated in North Carolina, and whether teachers can be trained online to use the system across the country, especially in more urban settings. But the results of these studies won’t be known for another four years, he said."
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Still using our legacy version? Click HereASSISTments is a free public service operated jointly by Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the ASSISTments Foundation.
The ASSISTments Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute created in 2019.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a 501(c)(3) non profit created in 1865.
The ASSISTments Project work at WPI is led by Professor Neil Heffernan.
The ASSISTments Foundation is led by Cristina Heffernan.
