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Press EF+Math R&D team Fraction Ball combines physical activity and math to help third-to fifth-graders understand fractions and decimals through basketball games. Used in 18 southern California schools, the program has led to improvements in students’ rational number understanding and executive functioning
Press A Conversation with Auditi Chakravarty of AERDF on Education Research and Development Measuring EdTech’s Impact Tom Vander Ark was recently at ISTE 2024 where he got the chance to sit down with Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of
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