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The Assistments Project in the News
ASSISTment project on US News
Press Article
- The ASSISTment Project received its first national press in US News and World Report. Artile Link
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Prof. Neil Heffernan gets coverage by WPI
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- A short clip by WPI's TEAM Worcester motive featuring the ASSISTment system. Archived Version
"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. Archived Version
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. Web Archived MP3
Newspaper Articles
New WPI System" by Worcester Telegram & Gazette.January 10, 2008. PDF
WPI projects win NSF grants: Work on science education, tiny sensors receive funding. by Jacqueline Reis. Worcester Telegram & Gazette. August 23, 2007. HTM
"WPI receives $2M 'assist' for tutoring." by Telegram & Gazette Staff. Telegram & Gazette. May 26, 2007.
"WPI Receives $2 Million Award to Develop an Intelligent Tutoring System That Can Improve Math Education" ACM TechNews. May 23, 2007.
"WPI Tutor Program is Money in the Bank" by Matthew Brown. Worcester Business Journal. June 2007.
"Assessing the Odds" by Michael Dorsey Fall 2006 HTM
"WPI asst. Profs Awarded Grants" by Mallary Jean Tenore August 11th, 2005
- 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. Article Scan
"'Assistment' makes grade", by Jacqueline Reis, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 23rd, 2005
- This article talks about actual class usage at Forest Grove Middle School. Article Scan
"Pupils to Get Online Help with MCAS", by Clive MacFarlane, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 14th, 2004
- This article announces the $1.4 million dollar Assistment grant to build the web site. Artcle Scan
Assistment Project representation for WPI's Poster Symposium 2008
Poster Symposium 2008
- A Poster Symposium presenting graduate research in science, engineering, and the life sciences. Event
- Sigma Xi Presentation Sigma Xi Presentation
