McGraw-Hill Higher Education and eInstruction Offer Instructional Technology Grants

McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a leading global provider of higher education materials, and eInstruction Corporation, a global leader in interactive response pad technology, are offering instructional technology grants to colleges of education nationwide. The grants enable these schools to study the use of technology tools that enhance formative assessment.

The grants provide instructors with unlimited use of a wireless Classroom Performance System (CPS), which includes 32 student response pads and an instructor's transmitter. The grant recipients are also offered training on how to use the CPS.

With the CPS transmitter from the front of the lecture hall, an instructor can take attendance, administer tests and quizzes, and gauge individual and overall student comprehension of the subject. Students respond to the instructor's queries using their own keypads. CPS provides instructors and students with immediate feedback from the entire class, helping instructors tailor a lesson to the needs of the classroom, a major component of formative assessment.

Fifteen schools were awarded the grant in 2005, and 17 additional grants are being offered this year. Grant-assisted instructional research that began in 2005 demonstrated a strong relationship between the CPS technology, formative assessment and student success. Research from the grant recipients will be used to make updates to future versions of the CPS and other tools offered to Grades K-12 and higher education institutions.

"We believe that combining rich content with the best technology significantly enhances teaching and learning," said Steve Debow, president, Humanities, Social Sciences and World Languages, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. "The information and insight generated by these grants will help enhance instructor effectiveness and student performance."

"Our CPS system offers hands-on teaching and learning opportunities that are invaluable to schools of education," said Darrell Ward, president and CEO of eInstruction. "Instructors benefit by seeing first-hand how present and future students can learn in this manner. Students benefit from the state-of-the-art technology that gauges their comprehension. This technology truly represents a win-win situation."

For more information on the instructional technology grant program, contact David Patterson, executive editor, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, at (212) 904-2012 or by email at DavidS_Patterson@mcgraw-hill.com.

About McGraw-Hill Higher Education

McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, the premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, post-secondary, higher education and professional markets. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation, founded in 1888, has more than 290 offices in 38 countries. Sales in 2005 were $6.0 billion. Additional information is available at www.mheducation.com.

About eInstruction

Headquartered in Denton, Texas, eInstruction Corporation is a leader in the educational technology industry. With the introduction of the Classroom Performance System in 2000, eInstruction is now the unquestioned educational leader in real-time, interactive wireless response pad technology with over one million response pads now being used in all 50 states in thousands of K-12 schools, as well as over 600 universities and 10 foreign countries. eInstruction was founded in 1981 by Dr. Darrell L. Ward, a long-time researcher and teacher. He recognized a significant need in educational institutions for innovative technology-based products. Many years of consistent cutting-edge research and development have earned eInstruction a reputation of excellence in the education market. eInstruction Corporation is committed to providing innovative products that enhance the learning process in corporations and educational institutions through the use of computer-based technology, software and the Internet.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

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