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Friday, October 26, 2012

Lynnfield Company Helped Boost MCAS Science Scores

Students in various schools using JogNog to prepare for MCAS science test reportedly saw average improvement nearly double the average last school year.

Lynnfield-based JogNog has announced that students using its competitive learning games were able to noticeably improve their MCAS science scores last year. Last school year, JogNog partnered with science, technology and engineering teachers from various Massachusetts middle schools to work on their goals for the MCAS test. The result was the American Science Challenge, which uses JogNog as part of the test prep process, giving the students a chance to compete with their friends while building their knowledge of science, technology and engineering concepts. Statewide, the company reports that students using JogNog to prepare for the Science MCAS saw their score improve an average of 8.1% - compared to just 4% for the overall student …

Thursday, May 3, 2012

LMS Students Prevail In Educational Game Challenge

Students in Lynnfield, Concord competed using educational game from Lynnfield-based company JogNog.

Students in Lynnfield and Concord recently got to participate in an academic challenge where they answered thousands of questions from numerous subject areas. And none of them had to leave their own school to do it. In fact, Lynnfield-based company JogNog, which specializes in educational games for students, ran its first Interschool Mastermind Challenge involving Lynnfield Middle School and the two middle school buildings in Concord. The competition ran in March and the LMS students answered 7,321 questions correctly. In the JogNog games, academic questions are combined with elements of video gaming to give the students a fun and interactive learning experience. On Wednesday, JogNog CEO and co-Founder Stephen Smith, a Lynnfield resident, …

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