The Microsoft Corporation has provided additional support and will eventually disseminate curricular materials from this project. Visit Dr. Woodward's Tools for Understanding website. We are fortunate to have Dr. Beatrice Babbitt, an associate professor in Special Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Dr. John Woodward, an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, with us tonight. They have both conducted extensive research in the area of technology to support and enhance math instruction. The interactive nature of software is an important benefit.
Students receive immediate feedback before moving on.
No worksheet can provide that. I'm particularly thinking about the work that we've done with spreadsheets. That's another benefit of technology use - students can move at their own pace, whether that is faster or slower than other students. Dr. Woodward, at what age to you start using spreadsheets with students. LD OnLine has posted an overview of Dr. Woodward's Tools for Understanding program Dr.