The Assistments Project in the News


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ASSISTment project on US News.

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The ASSISTment Project received its first national press in US News and World Report.

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Assistment Project representation for WPI's Poster Symposium 2006

Poster Symposium 2006
A Poster Symposium presenting graduate research in science, engineering, and the life sciences.

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TV Articles
"Prof. Neil Heffernan gets coverage by WPI"

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A short clip by WPI's TEAM Worcester motive featuring the ASSISTment system.

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"Prof. Neil Heffernan makes huge impact", NECN Nightly News, May 23rd, 2005

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A two minute clip showing students at Forest Grove Middle School, and their math teacher, using and talking about the Assistment System.

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580 AM, WTAG interview by Greg Byrne, August 11th, 2005.

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This 55 seconds audio clip is from Worcester's local radio station, 580 AM. In it, Prof Heffernan is interviewed about how his $900,000, NSF CAREER award is going to impact Massachusetts's 8th and 10th grade students math students.

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Newspaper Articles
"Assessing the Odds" by Michael Dorsey Fall 2006
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"WPI asst. Profs Awarded Grants" by Mallary Jean Tenore August 11th, 2005

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The article describes Prof. Heffernan's award, which according to the National Science Foundation, is their "most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities" for researchers. The $900,000 will be used to extend the "Assistment" project to be able to help 10th grade students pass the mathematics and science MCAS.

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"'Assistment' makes grade", by Jacqueline Reis, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 23rd, 2005

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This article talks about actual class usage at Forest Grove Middle School.

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"Pupils to Get Online Help with MCAS", by Clive MacFarlane, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 14th, 2004

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This article announces the $1.4 million dollar Assistment grant to build the web site.

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