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Online platform used in schools across US helps students perform higher on standardized math tests
A web-based platform for teaching and learning math is helping students perform higher on standardized tests of math achievement
ASSISTments helps students in Maine score higher on a standardized math test.
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December 29, 2017
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Web-based platforms enhance teaching and learning in the classroom.
Today, 100,000 students across the U.S. use an online mathematics tutoring and assessment program developed by an NSF-funded researcher 15 years ago. Called ASSISTments, the innovative platform helps students with their mathematics coursework and teachers with their mathematics instruction.
In Maine, a recent study of more than 2,800 students at 43 public schools using ASSISTments found that students scored 75 percent higher on a standardized test of mathematics achievement than students at schools without the program.
NSF Directorate(s):
Directorate for STEM Education
Locations
Massachusetts
Related Websites
ASSISTments: https://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?https://www.assistments.org/staticpages/AboutUs.htm
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