• It is relatively easy to find math packages devised for college coursework and research that can be repurposed to do meaningful tasks in engineering. • Some kinds of academic software is flexible ...

Students who have physical, cognitive, sensory, and learning disabilities might find learning mathematics particularly challenging. Appropriate accommodations and technology can help them learn and ...

Duolingo has risen to prominence over the past decade with its language learning app offering people around the world a low-cost or free option to learn dozens of languages. With a reported 500 ...

Students at Rocketship Mateo Elementary working in the Learning Lab. When it comes to math and literacy software, the choices are vast and varied. But over the past months, I've heard a recurring ...

Read more from Slate’s special issue on science education and give us your best ideas for raising the next generation of scientists and engineers. When Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, Va., ...

A half-dozen high-school math students tell a remarkably similar story. Last year they didn’t understand algebra. They came to class, listened to the teacher, tried to do the homework and failed. This ...

The National Science Foundation has granted $800k to North Carolina State University to use data mining techniques to study the game-based ST Math software program that’s currently used in 2,500 ...

The newest versions of popular mathematical and electromagnetic simulation programs add speed by taking advantage of the latest memory-packed, multiprocessor-based computers. Software simulation has ...