A Web App Helps Teachers See Where Students Are Stumped

June 21, 2011

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ASSISTments Founder Neil Heffernan joins wbur radio show Here & Now. Listen in to hear how he came up with the idea for ASSISTments when he was teaching math in a Baltimore middle school as part of the Teach for America program.

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ASSISTments 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.