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Explore Learning is a Charlottesville, Virginia-based company which operates a large library of interactive online simulations for mathematics and science education in grades 3–12. These simulations are called Gizmos. The company's website describes their library of over 450〔(nasatalk .com/index.php?option=com_resource&controller=article&article=378&category_id=13&Itemid=93 Explore Learning Gizmos ), NASA Talk, a service of the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University〕 Gizmos as the world's largest collection of such materials. ExploreLearning also makes Reflex, which is an online, game-based system that helps students of all ability levels to develop instant recall of basic math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).〔(2012 CODiE Award Finalist listing for Best K-12 Instructional Solution )〕 ExploreLearning is a business unit of Cambium Learning Group (). ==Gizmos== ''Gizmos'' are a collection of online interactive simulations that are operated by ExploreLearning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Explorelearning Gizmos - Powerful Web Based Simluations for Math and Science, Grades 3-12 )〕 The simulations are centered on science education and mathematics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Company Overview of ExploreLearning, Inc. )〕 These simulations have been recognized with many educational awards. The Gizmos earned finalist honors from the Software & Information Industry Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ExploreLearning Gizmos Earn Finalist Honors in Three Categories from Software & Information Industry Association )〕 They have been the subject of numerous scholarly studies of educational technology.〔(http://publish.edu.uwo.ca/george.gadanidis/pdf/applets-Montreal.PDF ), George Gadanidis, University of Western Ontario〕〔(Analysis of Technology in the Classroom–Explorelearning's Gizmos ), Kathryn Robles, Michigan State University, July 1, 2008〕〔Sivit, F. (2004). (A practical example of Mathematics Teaching using the Internet ). In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 3188–3193). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.〕〔(Projecting Science and Mathematics ), Randy Bell & Joe Garofalo, School Science and Mathematics, Volume 105(1), January 2005〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ExploreLearning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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