Saltire uses Geometry Expressions to create new apps based on Common Core Math Standards.

TIGARD, Ore. - Oct. 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Tigard, OR—10/24/13— Saltire announces Common Core Nuggets; eight new apps that help teachers engage students in mathematics. The creation of the apps was done with Saltire’s Geometry Expressions software and covers topics from the junior high and high school Common Core Standards. Common Core Nuggets are not only meant to aid teachers but also inspire them to create apps of their own.

“In particular, teachers could use Geometry Expressions to develop applets to address Common Core standards, as demonstrated by Common Core Nuggets published by Saltire Software. This skill does not require any special computer science knowledge, so any mathematics teacher interested in developing their own applets can learn how to do that in no time!” says Dr. Irina Lyublinskaya, a professor of mathematics and science education from the College of Staten Island.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative for Mathematics and English Language Arts was released in 2010 and has since been adopted by a majority of the United States. Saltire’s apps have been specifically designed to assist Mathematics teachers in teaching within these standards. In addition, the apps utilize new technologies, which is meant to encourage and engage students.

Larry Ottman, a mathematics teacher at Haddon Heights High School in New Jersey, says that “these apps are designed to have students easily, and interactively get to the essential understandings of specifically targeted standards in the CCCS. Students can explore them on their own and teachers can use them in classroom demonstrations to help develop and focus student understanding on these important concepts.”

Common Core Nuggets are available for free on the App StoreSM, Google Play™, TI-nspire and as browser apps.

To find out more about Saltire’s Common Core Nuggets, visit http://saltire.com/apps/common-core-nuggets/

For more information on Geometry Expressions and other Saltire Software products, visit http://saltire.com/

About Saltire Software:

Based in downtown Tigard OR, Saltire Software was founded in 1989 as a spin off from Tektronix Laboratories. Saltire has quietly built a strong reputation for innovative software in the mathematics education field, contributing software components to advanced calculators from all the major manufacturers. Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.