Carnegie Learning Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Steve Ritter Featured on Panel at Tech for Schools Summit
August 04 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Audience to learn about use of technology in a
collaborative classroom environment
Carnegie Learning, Inc., a subsidiary of Apollo Education Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), announced today that its Co-founder and
Chief Scientist, Steve Ritter, Ph.D., will be featured on a panel
at the California “Tech for Schools” Superintendent’s Summit:
presented by EdSurge, the California Department of Education and
the Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation in Davis,
Calif., on Aug. 4, 2015. The panel will discuss how educators and
students use technology in a collaborative environment with input
from all stakeholders.
The summit brings together leading superintendents and district
teams, consisting of curriculum and technology directors and board
members, from across California along with creative educational
technology entrepreneurs. The goal is to advance critical
innovative technologies and familiarize participants with rules for
assessing new technology in California school districts. Dr. Ritter
will participate in the “Increasing students’ collaboration,
creativity and critical thinking” focus panel.
Carnegie Learning is a publisher of innovative, research-based
mathematics software and textbooks for middle school and high
school students aligned to the Common Core and other rigorous state
standards. Its math curricula are based on extensive research into
how students think and learn and are enhanced by proven best
practices in teaching and learning.
“Critical thinking is essential for students to develop a deeper
understanding and foundation for mathematics,” said Dr. Ritter.
“Collaboration with other students allows them the opportunity to
share solution methods and become more aware of the varied types of
reasoning that can lead to correct performance.”
Dr. Ritter was instrumental in the development and evaluation of
Cognitive Tutor® for mathematics, a two-time SIAA CODiE™ Award
Winner. Additionally, he is the author of numerous papers on the
design, architecture and evaluation of Intelligent Tutoring
systems. He is lead author of an evaluation judged by the US
Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse as fully meeting
their standards and is first author of a “Best Paper” at the
International Conference on Educational Data Mining.
For more information on Carnegie Learning and its research,
visit www.carnegielearning.com.
About Carnegie Learning, Inc.
Carnegie Learning is a publisher of innovative,
research-based mathematics software and textbooks for middle school
and high school students aligned to national and state education
standards. Providing differentiated instruction in schools across
the United States, Carnegie Learning is helping students to succeed
in math as a gateway to graduation, college, and the 21st century
workforce. Carnegie Learning, located in Pittsburgh, is a
subsidiary of Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) and is
the sole source provider of Cognitive Tutor® and MATHia® Software
for students in grades 6-12. Carnegie Learning®, Cognitive Tutor®
and MATHia® are registered trademarks of Carnegie Learning, Inc.
For more information, visit www.carnegielearning.com.
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