Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), which
provides content and content-enabled services for students and
educators, researchers, and professional practitioners, has partnered
with Quantum Simulations, Inc., a leading developer of artificial
intelligence-based education products and services, to offer intelligent
adaptive learning and assessment software with Wiley’s print and digital
accounting textbooks, starting with Introductory Accounting through
Intermediate Accounting.
Accounting courses are taken by over 1 million students per year by
business and non-business majors as well as MBA graduate students.
“Quantum will help to accelerate our growth position in business
education and demonstrate our commitment to using the most advanced
technologies to deliver effective, affordable, and individualized
learning experiences for students and powerful analytic remediation
tools for instructors,” comments George Hoffman, Wiley’s Vice President,
Executive Publisher for Accounting, Business, Economics, and Finance
programs, Global Education. “With market-leading accounting content, our
goal is to help students learn more effectively while supporting our
instructors by making their jobs easier. By combining our best-selling
titles with innovative technology such as WileyPLUS and now
Quantum, we are poised to achieve that goal.”
Each year, hundreds of thousands of accounting students benefit from the
unparalleled quality content and student-friendly approach of Wiley’s
best-selling accounting titles such as Kimmel’s Financial
Accounting, Weygandt’s Accounting Principles, and
Kieso’s Intermediate Accounting. Combining the solid
content of Wiley books, written by respected authors Don Kieso, Jerry
Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, and Terry Warfield, with WileyPLUS and
Quantum will help students do even better in their accounting courses
while preparing them for the rapidly changing business world. WileyPLUS is
a research-based, online environment for effective teaching and
learning. The WileyPLUS homework experience for accounting
imitates a blank sheet of paper experience, so that students are better
prepared for in-class exams and the real world. With the addition of
Quantum, students now have access to a practice and tutorial system that
uses adaptive technology to intuitively respond to their individual work.
Published in numerous research papers and used at hundreds of colleges
and universities, Quantum’s adaptive learning and assessment software is
proven to increase student test scores by at least a full letter grade.
Quantum helps more students master the course material with less study
time by combining advanced artificial intelligence technology, proven
pedagogical techniques and content expertise from a wide range of
subject matter experts to create individualized learning paths for every
student.
In field research, students using Quantum’s new “Targeted Practice” and
“How Am I Doing?” self-assessment tools improved 35% in their ability to
solve problems. Quantum also accelerated learning and reduced study time
by an average of 36%.
“With today’s advancements in communication and hardware technologies,
the traditional models of teaching and learning are evolving as a new
generation of learners emerge with anytime, anywhere access,” states
Rebecca Renshaw, Quantum co-founder and CEO. “Providers of educational
materials are actively seeking effective ways to engage and transfer
knowledge digitally to students in a very personal way, and the
Wiley/Quantum partnership offers a powerful solution to address this
need.”
For more information, please visit www.quantumtutors.com/accounting.html
or www.wiley.com.
ABOUT WILEY
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of
information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people
around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley
and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 450
Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or
Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
Our core businesses publish scientific, technical, medical, and
scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and
services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training
materials, and online applications and Web sites; and educational
materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners.
Wiley's global headquarters is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with
operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, and Australia. The
company's Web site can be accessed at www.wiley.com.
The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols
JWa and JWb.
ABOUT QUANTUM SIMULATIONS, INC.
Quantum develops unique artificial intelligence (AI) tutoring,
assessment and professional development software for accounting, science
and mathematics that empowers instructors and inspires students in K-16,
adult learning and distance education programs to achieve more.
Quantum's intelligent learning software is available stand-alone or
integrated with web-based homework products and learning management
systems. Through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's
Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Research
and the SBIR program, as well as the SBIR programs at the National
Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health and in
collaboration with educators nationwide, Quantum is realizing its vision
of inquiry-based learning to teach students how to become better
learners and independent thinkers. For more information, visit www.quantumsimulations.com.
