“I’ve had such a phobia about computers for so long,” says Howell, a high school teacher. “It’s a mixture of fear, not knowing how to use it, not wanting to go through all this upheaval.” But this ...

Tammy Lauer, owner of My Computer Tutor, recently received loan assistance from the Southwest Initiative Foundation’s Microenterprise Loan Program for the start-up of her computer software and ...

Connections for Independent Living is offering an open computer lab to people with disabilities who want to learn computer skills, research online or search and apply for jobs. Open every Wednesday ...

Human tutoring and computer-based AI tutors are widely recognized for their effectiveness in supporting learning. However, ...

A team of computer science and math professors at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation to develop a computerized science tutoring system ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. Still, no one expects the technology to ever replace the real thing. Then she responds encouragingly, “Let’s read again what the problem is asking.” This scene would ...

Human tutors—teachers who work closely with students, one on one—are unrivaled in their ability to promote deep and lasting learning. Education researchers have known this for more than 30 years, but ...