Great Wave Software

Great Wave Software was an educational computer software company founded in 1984 by Dr. Chad Mitchell and Stacy Mitchell and was located in Scotts Valley, California. It was a division of Instructional Fair Group, which was based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was a Tribune Education company.

Products produced by Great Wave included:

NumberMaze
NumberMaze Challenge^[1]^[2]
ReadingMaze
KidsMath ^[3]
KidsTime Deluxe
Reading Mansion
World Discovery Deluxe^[4]
World Discovery
ConcertWare
Prairie Explorer: Biomes of North America (Eddie Award Winner)
Redwoods Explorer: Biomes of North America
Axel's Whirled Math
DaisyQuest & Daisy's Castle
Dot-to-Dot
Story Writer

McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing (now part of School Specialty Publishing) bought Great Wave Software, and the company no longer exists.^[5] All of Great Wave Software's products are out of print.^[6] School Specialty Publishing was later bought by Carson Dellosa publishing, and does not sell any apps for download. There have been no plans to reissue Great Wave Software's products as apps or to release any educational apps for download.^[7]

References

^ NumberMaze Challenge (archive), Great Wave Software
^ NumberMaze Challenge Win3.1, MacOS7.1, CNET, 09/29/1999^{[dead link]}
^ KidsMath for Windows, OCLC 38995630
^ Harper, Naomi; Parmigiani, Rosemary (Nov–Dec 1999). "Multimedia Reviews: CD-ROMS". Media & Methods. 36 (2): 46. ISSN 0025-6897. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
^ Schmeltzer, John (June 27, 2000). "MCGRAW-HILL TO BUY TRIBUNE EDUCATION". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
^ Balajthy, Ernest; Lipa-Wade, Sally (2003-04-04). Struggling Readers: Assessment and Instruction in Grades K-6. ISBN 9781572308527.
^ "::: Welcome School Specialty Publishing and Frank Schaffer customers :::". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

External links

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[1] NumberMaze Challenge (archive), Great Wave Software

[2] NumberMaze Challenge Win3.1, MacOS7.1, CNET, 09/29/1999^{[dead link]}

[3] KidsMath for Windows, OCLC 38995630

[Media_and_Methods-4] Harper, Naomi; Parmigiani, Rosemary (Nov–Dec 1999). "Multimedia Reviews: CD-ROMS". Media & Methods. 36 (2): 46. ISSN 0025-6897. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-15.

[5] Schmeltzer, John (June 27, 2000). "MCGRAW-HILL TO BUY TRIBUNE EDUCATION". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.

[6] Balajthy, Ernest; Lipa-Wade, Sally (2003-04-04). Struggling Readers: Assessment and Instruction in Grades K-6. ISBN 9781572308527.

[7] "::: Welcome School Specialty Publishing and Frank Schaffer customers :::". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

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