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JumpStart Games (previously Knowledge Adventure) Davidson & Associates (merged with Knowledge Adventure) SoftKey (acquired by Mattel, then Riverdeep) Brøderbund (acquired by Softkey) The Learning Company (acquired by SoftKey) Creative Wonders (acquired by the Learning Company) MECC (acquired by Softkey) Edmark (acquired by Riverdeep)
College campuses used computer mainframes in education since the initial days of this technology, and throughout the initial development of computers. The earliest large-scale study of educational computer usage conducted for the National Science Foundation by The American Institute for Research concluded that 13% of the nation's public high schools used computers for instruction, although no ...
JumpStart Games, Inc., formerly Knowledge Adventure, Inc., was an American edutainment video game company based in Torrance, California. Founded in 1991, it was acquired by Chinese holding company NetDragon Websoft in 2017.
Design of series protagonist Blasternaut from 1987 to 1999. The series began with the 1983 title Math Blaster! released for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers.The initial game was ported to other platforms and received gradual improvements to graphics and sound, with "Plus" added to the title in 1987 and "New" in 1990.
Fanfare Software, recognized for developing JumpStart Kindergarten, along with subsequent titles such as JumpStart Preschool and JumpStart 1st Grade, was acquired by Knowledge Adventure in 1995. This acquisition expanded the franchise's scope, enabling it to include higher-grade levels and subjects, fostering its educational growth.
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The official logo of the TAKS test. Mainly based on the TAAS test's logo. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the fourth Texas state standardized test previously used in grade 3-8 and grade 9-11 to assess students' attainment of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills required under Texas education standards. [1]
[7] [8] [9] The field of computer science education encompasses a wide range of topics, from basic programming skills to advanced algorithm design and data analysis. It is a rapidly growing field that is essential to preparing students for careers in the technology industry and other fields that require computational skills.