Learning.com’s Aha!Math Named as Finalist for AEP Distinguished Achievement Award

The online K-5 supplemental math curriculum is also named ‘Teachers’ Pick’ by Instructor Magazine

Portland, Ore. – April 22, 2009
Learning.com is pleased to announce that Aha!Math, its Web-delivered supplemental math curriculum for grades K-5, is a finalist for the Association of Educational Publishers’ (AEP) 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award in the K-5 Math Curriculum category. Additionally, Aha!Math was also named a March/April Teachers’ Pick by Scholastic Instructor magazine.

The highly competitive AEP award is one of the largest and longest-running recognition programs in the industry. This competition evaluates finalists for efficacy, usability and overall educational value, judged by an expert panel of educators, editors, designers and technology specialists. Winners are announced at the AEP annual banquet on June 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Aha!Math provides teachers with an effective and easy-to-use supplemental math curriculum that builds students’ procedural fluency and conceptual understanding in math’s most critical concepts. It engages and motivates students through interactive instruction, lessons, and math games that make math come alive for students, engages them in learning and practicing, and ties new concepts to earlier concepts.

Aha!Math was recognized for a Teachers Pick Award by Instructor magazine for March/April. Editors noted its “must-have math computer games.” Every product chosen as a Teachers’ Pick has been evaluated by Scholastic’s teacher testers, and teachers rely on this resource in selecting effective resources for their students.

Learning.com is the leading provider of supplemental digital curriculum and assessment in math, science, technology literacy, and 21st century skills. Its innovative and engaging application of technology in a researchbased instructional model provides teachers with easy-to-use resources that support individualized, group and whole class instruction. In addition to Aha!Math, these Web-delivered solutions include:

• EasyTech – K-8 technology literacy curriculum that integrates technology skills into math, science, language arts and social studies instruction.
• Aha!Science – Supplemental science curriculum for grades 3-5 that provides broad instruction and exploration of Physical, Earth and Space, and Life sciences.
• TechLiteracy Assessment – Elementary and Middle School assessment that provides valid measurement and reports for critical technology skills and knowledge.
• 21st Century Skills Assessment – Fully aligned to the ISTE NETS 2007 standards, and to key Partnership for 21st Century Skills outcomes, this assessment for Elementary and Middle School students provides valid data on their 21st century skills