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QUANTUM® NEXT-GENERATION LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
DELIVERS OVER HALF A MILLION TUTORING SESSIONS
Nationwide, professors are requiring
the Quantum Tutors® for their introductory accounting courses and as
a pre-requisite for intermediate accounting; students are increasing
productivity and improving test scores.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - March 23,
2011, Quantum Simulations, Inc., a leader in artificial intelligence
(AI) educational technologies, announced a benchmark of over 500,000
online tutoring sessions, with the number in accounting growing by
more than 400% within the past two years. With ever-increasing costs
of course materials, professors at universities, community colleges
and distance learning programs are making tough decisions about what
learning tools to require and are turning to the Quantum Tutors®. For
as little as $15.00 per student/semester, students are using Quantum®
with any accounting textbook and improving their grades.
Currently used at over 300 colleges
and universities nationwide and rated as helpful by 99% of students,
Quantum’s automated technology provides on-demand and individualized
help with homework and test preparation. The first of its kind, Quantum®
is scientifically proven to increase test scores, comprehension, productivity
and efficiency for students. Dr. Linda Chase, Associate Professor
at Baldwin-Wallace College, states, “Most students study in
the evenings, when the walk-in tutoring center or the professor isn’t
available. Quantum’s online tutoring program gives students
a vital tool that enables them to have quality study time outside
of the classroom.”
Along with rising costs for students,
enrollments are growing rapidly without increasing staff or budget,
particularly at community colleges. Professors find that Quantum® gives
students the individualized one-on-one attention they need to be successful.
As a result, they report an increase in student motivation to succeed
in their courses, which is helping to meet department goals such as
reducing dropout rates.
The Quantum Tutors® allow students maximum
flexibility to master their course material at their own pace by incorporating
major breakthroughs in educational research. “For the past decade,
we have been dedicated to advancing the state of the art in intelligent
technologies and believe we’ve arrived at a solution that blends
several important breakthroughs into a cohesive and effective tool,”
commented Dr. Benny Johnson, President and CEO of Quantum®. “As
discussed in our recent paper in the Journal of Accounting Education1,
there exists no other technology, including other AI software, that
is capable of offering an instructional and assessment package that
can be used with any accounting textbook while offering in-depth,
meaningful support to students and their instructors.”
More information, including performance-based
research studies and instructor testimonials, is available at www.quantumtutors.com/accounting.html.
About Quantum®
Dedicated to its mission to improve education, Quantum Simulations, Inc. is a leader in intelligent technologies and is on the cutting edge of innovation. Quantum® develops unique artificial intelligence (AI) tutoring, assessment and professional development software for accounting, science and mathematics that empowers instructors and inspires students in K-16, adult learning and distance education programs to achieve more. Quantum's intelligent learning software is available stand-alone or integrated with web-based homework products and learning management systems. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, including the SBIR program, the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health and in collaboration with educators nationwide, Quantum® is realizing its vision of inquiry-based learning to teach students how to become better learners and independent thinkers.
1B.
G. Johnson, F. Phillips and L. G. Chase, “An Intelligent Tutoring
System for the Accounting Cycle: Enhancing Textbook Homework with
Artificial Intelligence”, Journal of Accounting Education, 27,
30-39 (2009).
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