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"through a painstaking process that includes not just software development but also testing, data gathering, observations of classroom dynamics, interviews with teachers, assessments of children's learning and controlled comparisons. This school year, in 16 classrooms in New York and California, researchers will assess children at the beginning and end of a four-week unit to see whether the apps - and an accompanying set of materials for teachers - make any difference. "

"The technique under study in Tampa, called interleaving, has become an especially hot area of interest among researchers. It mixes distinct but related problems or ideas - long division, say, and multiplying fractions - in daily homework assignments. "

"What works in science and math education? Until recently, there had been few solid answers - just guesses and hunches, marketing hype and extrapolations from small pilot studies. "

"High school students are taking more advanced science and math courses than ever, and graduating with many more science credits that could pave the way to careers in science and technology. Try taking a short quiz and see how well you match up."

"Girls should play more video games. That's one of the unexpected lessons [author] takes away from a rash of recent studies on the importance of-and the malleability of-spatial skills."

"A new analysis of how all U.S. states stack up against countries around the world shows that 8th grade students in 36 states outperformed the international average in math and those in 47 did so in science."