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ExploreLearning and McREL Join Forces to Support Research-Based Reform in Science and Mathematics Education
Partnership delivers professional development and math and science interactive content designed to raise student performance
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, June 8, 2006 -- ProQuest announced today that ExploreLearning, publishers of the world's largest online simulation library for math and science education, and McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning), a national leader in creating research-based products and services for educational improvement, are partnering to offer a series of professional development programs for educators designed to raise student performance in math and science.
Across the nation, educators are facing increasing pressure to improve all students' performance in mathematics and science. Through this partnership, ExploreLearning will offer its clients several of McREL's professional development programs designed to meet this need, including:
- Mathematics Leadership Institute
- Science Leadership Institute
- Designing Effective Math Lessons
- Designing Effective Science Lessons
- Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works
- Online Learning Communities for Classroom Instruction that Works
- Technology and the Problem-Solving Process
- Technology and Learning Styles
- Technology in the Content Areas: Secondary Science
Based on McREL's research findings highlighting the strong positive impact of instruction using computer-based manipulatives, each McREL program offered through ExploreLearning will be tailored to help school districts take maximum advantage of the opportunities presented by ExploreLearning Gizmos™.
"ExploreLearning provides powerful interactive content that helps teachers use research-proven instructional strategies more effectively, more easily, and more often," said McREL President & CEO Tim Waters. "We have actually been using ExploreLearning Gizmos in our professional development workshops, so partnering with ExploreLearning makes sense. We're very excited about our ability to impact more teachers and students through this relationship."
McREL is a nationally recognized, private, nonprofit organization located in Denver, Colorado, dedicated to improving education for all students through applied research, product development and service. In 2005, McREL provided research-based guidance to educators and policymakers in 45 states in the U.S. and 3 foreign countries.
McREL draws upon the best of almost 40 years of education research to develop practical, user-friendly products that help educators create classrooms which provide all students with opportunities for success. McREL provides a comprehensive package of school improvement products and services to educators across the nation and around the world.
"For years, we have used Dr. Robert Marzano's research at McREL as a touchstone for our work," said Dr. David Shuster, Founder of ExploreLearning. "We are both honored and thrilled to be able to bring McREL's exceptional capabilities to bear for the benefit of our customers."
ExploreLearning's mission is to support teachers with flexible online tools that help them capitalize on the research about effective instruction. The company offers hundreds of award-winning online simulations, called Gizmos that drive the inquiry process and conceptual understanding of math and science for students in grades 6-12. ExploreLearning (www.explorelearning.com) is a part of ProQuest's Education segment.
About ProQuest Company
ProQuest Company (PQE: NYSE) is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a publisher of information and education solutions. We provide products and services to our customers through three business segments: Education, Information and Learning, and Business Solutions. Our Education segment--including Voyager, Learning Page, and ExploreLearning--is a leading provider of K-12 curriculum products, in-school core reading programs, reading and math intervention programs, and professional development programs for school districts throughout the United States.
Through our Information and Learning segment, which primarily serves the library and academic market, we collect, organize and publish content from a wide range of sources including newspapers, periodicals and books. Our Business Solutions segment is primarily engaged in the delivery in electronic form of comprehensive parts and service information to the automotive market. Its products transform complex technical data, like parts catalogs and service manuals, into easily accessed electronic information. For the world's automotive manufacturers and their dealer networks, ProQuest also secures business-to-business information and retail performance management services.
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