Merit Software Dispatch

APR, 2003

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In the April 2003 issue:

What's New - Tutorial Software Study
Other Research Projects
Customer Feedback - Writing Fitness
Grants for US Educators

What's New - Study Concludes Tutorial Software Improves Writing Skills by 12.91%

A study of 4th grade students at a New Jersey school district compared writing samples between a group of control classes and classes that used tutorial writing software. Students working with tutorial software outperformed the control group by 12.91%. Merit Software's Writing Fitness and Renaissance Learning's Perfect Copy were used in this study.

To read the complete study, go to:
http://www.meritsoftware.com/news/tutorial_software_writing_skills_study_conclusion.html

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Other Research Projects

The writing skills tutorial software study was written as part of a graduate student's dissertation. Other research projects are underway. Results and findings will be announced in upcoming issues of this newsletter.

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Customer Feedback - Writing Fitness

"It's wonderful. It gives us better results than workbooks," remarks a teacher at Southington High School in Southington, Connecticut, about Merit Software's Writing Fitness. The software helps students improve their writing skills. Students learn to recognize common writing problems and to fix errors in sentence structure.

For a complete software description or to try the downloadable evaluation version of Writing Fitness, click here:
http://www.meritsoftware.com/software/writing_fitness

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Grants for US Educators

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation provides Youth and Education grants to forge partnerships between local communities and educational institutions working with vulnerable youth. Grants may promote learning, academic improvement, and workforce preparation by using innovative technologies-such as software. Applications are considered year round.

Visit:
http://www.wkkf.org/Grants/

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We welcome any feedback you would like to offer. If there is something you would like to see covered here, please let us know!

Email us at: feedback@meritsoftware.com

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