How to develop Processing Skills with Children who may have limited English.
The Fast ForWord family of products provides learners with computer-delivered exercises that build the cognitive skills required to listen, read and learn effectively.
1. The Fast ForWord family of products provides learners
with computer-delivered exercises
that build
the cognitive skills required to listen, read and learn
effectively.
3. Using Fast ForWord to develop
Processing Skills with Children who
may have limited English
4. Language Literacy Continuum
Perceptual weakness
Weak phonological representations
Oral language weakness
Reading, writing, spelling problems
Learning and academic problems
Struggling students
5. Interventions Resources for You to Use in Your
Clinics
Extensive
Resources
Engaging
Technology
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Detailed
Student
Tracking
6. You Can Use the Same Programs as Your Colleagues
in Top International Institutions
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7. You Can Take Advantage of the Highest Rated Intervention
Program*
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* Nevada State Review
22. Students learn at their own pace
Meets user expectations
Computer game format
Adapts to individual ability
Extensive feedback to the
student
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23. Suitable from Early Age to Young Adults
Undergraduates
School Children
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24. Build Listening Accuracy in both English and
Native Languages
*
*High School Students Planegg Germany
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25. Neuron English complements existing interventions
Helps students become better learners
Provides comprehensive study resources
Ensures essential practice
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26. Reading Assistant software builds fluency and accent
reduction
•Automatic Reading Tutor
•Self -Correcting
•Records and plays back to student
•Advanced speech recognition
•Extensive library
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27. Our programs have the highest international reputation
"The key features of Fast ForWord were highlighted in the
report:
scalability, replication, teacher efficiency, adaptability,
engagement for students…”
Welsh Assembly Group
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The 3 TsThe other side of the coinWhat do we need to be a better learnerApply this to language learning
http://www.scilearn.com/blog/fast-forword-is-high-gain-program.phpThe Nevada Senate Bill 185 (SB 185) funded districts to purchase and implement innovative and remedial educational programs, materials, and strategies specific to their academic needs. The Nevada Department of Education commissioned the Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) to conduct an in-depth evaluation of the programs that had been purchased with SB 185 grants. Their 2010 Interim Report includes a review of the performance of Fast ForWord products.To quote from the Report….“Emphasis was placed on measuring student growth toward academic proficiency and mastery using state and local assessments… The analyses were completed as a result of extensive site visits, phone interviews, and an examination of two-year sets of school cohort achievement data for Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRT) for grades three through eight and High School Proficiency Exams (HSPE) for grades nine through twelve.” The Report closely examined CRT results at Goolsby Elementary School (which implemented Fast ForWord across all grade levels). They concluded that each year of Fast ForWord implementation resulted in an increase in the percentage of grade-level proficient students. To quote the Report, “CRT data indicate a statistically significant increase in Reading and Writing proficiency levels… CRT data indicate that Reading increased from 67% to 82% proficient, [and] Writing increased significantly from 55% to 82% proficient… from 2006 to 2008.”This graph summarizes the main conclusions from the Report. The red bars represent programs that were found to have undetermined effects or low gains. Blue bars indicate high-gain programs, in which students made high gains according to the LLC standards. The green bar represents Fast ForWord, which was also found to be a high-gain program. In fact, the Report concludes that Fast ForWord products increased student reading achievement by an average of 22.2 percentage points, which was the largest average impact of all programs reviewed in the Report. The percentile scores shown in the graph represent an analysis of data from one to multiple schools using the specified product. In the case of Fast ForWord products, data from three schools were included in the analysis.
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Meets their expectationsCan use their own computersUses today’s technologyCan work at their own paceHigh impact graphicsAdapts to each studentGame format; top score, screen changes, progress markersExtensive Feedback to the student
Meets their expectationsCan use their own computersUses today’s technologyCan work at their own paceHigh impact graphicsAdapts to each studentGame format; top score, screen changes, progress markersExtensive Feedback to the student
Builds students’ confidenceIntuitive to use100’s hours of interactive exercisesCorrelated to international curriculaDevelops listening and reading skillsEasy to access and use
Self correcting: includes standard text reading, error identification, dictionary, thesaurusBrowser based
Review in Time and other international papers such as Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Phonics BulletinQuote from Welsh parliament review……The Dyslexia Rapporteur Group was particularly impressed by the Fast ForWord® computer based products and the experience of these products in the Everett Public Schools for the following reasons:…….. "The key features of Fast ForWord were highlighted in the report: scalability, replication, teacher efficiency, adaptability, engagement for students..............."The Rapporteur Group were impressed by the Fast ForWord® Progress Tracker which is an online data analysis and reporting tool that enables teachers to monitor individual, classroom and school performance of students working with Fast ForWord® products."Quote from Norman Doidge: ----these kids go from the 3rd percentile, or very poor, to above average.