Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

For higher education, with smaller potential audiences and student outcomes at stake, companies are debating whether return on investment is there for game-based learning experiences. Currently the ARTé: Macenas game sells to students for $19.95 Enter Textbook Publishers. For example, W.W. million in 2012.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2019

Imagine learning math and science from the perspective of a middle or high school student. The student’s mental image of the subject is more than likely that of a textbook—dense, daunting, and dry—accompanied by a sigh exclaiming, “Please, anything but this!”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning should be fun, doesn’t it behoove the education and gaming industries to join forces?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2023

Students tend to perform better on assessments and standardized tests. How technology can support personalized learning in the classroom With the increasing advancement in technology, personalized learning can be implemented quite easily in this so-called highschool of the future. Improved Performance. It’s a proven fact!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Content partners include publishers such as Pearson, nonprofits including the Jane Goodall Institute, test-prep providers like MCAT Self Prep, and other edtech companies including EverFi. The publishers will give a cut of such textbook sales to Quizlet. “In high school students using its studying tools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

That makes it especially valuable to an education company like HMH, which is best known among teachers and students as a textbook publisher. In a bid to cut costs, the NAEP will no longer test students on geography going forward. Worryingly, we may have even less data to work from in the future.

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