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Comprehension, Accuracy and Confidence All Improved

Great Feedback from One of Our Providers on using Reading Assistant

"Just a quick email to let you know how Lucy is doing on the the Reading Assistant (programme). In the few weeks she has been using it her accuracy score on reading has increased by 8 months, percentile scores from 27th to 40th (YORK Reading Test), but comprehension has increased by 11 months. Her mother says that she has noticed a big difference in confidence."

Mary O'Dowd

 

Reading Assistant  provides A reading tutor for every student - on demand! The software provides online individualised guided oral reading practice, for every student. Reading Assistant helps comprehension, maximizing their ability to learn effectively from the written word.

Can We Make Our Brains More Plastic

Our brains become less flexible as they mature for good reasons: A developing brain gives up some of its plasticity in favor of efficiency and stability. Too much plasticity may also play a role in some neurological disorders, including epilepsy and schizophrenia. In certain situations, however, more plasticity could be helpful, making it easier for patients to recover after a stroke or spinal cord injury, for example, or to pick up the intricacies of Russian grammar. So, will we one day be able to turn on—and control—our brain plasticity at will? Neuroscientists have begun to understand a few of the factors that govern the flexibility of certain parts of the maturing brain. 

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Nice Feedback from a Mother of a Student

"Yes all going well now thank you.  Jack did the course with Fergal yesterday so I will check tonight re the reports.  Fergal is not usually the sort that gets impressed easily but boy he is really impressed with this course and thinks it is ideal for Jack, so we are all delighted, including Jack!"

Great feedback from a teacher on Reading Assistant.

" I  have started to watch the lecture and the thing that has hit me is that while we all tell our parents that it is so important for their children to read aloud each day to them and to be exposed to the printed word, the really important thing is that they have been/are  read to so that they have a good model for prosody etc.

In our schools plenty of parents do read to their children each night from a very early age but there are also those who have au pairs, less well educated child minders  not to mention  busy lives and there is never a bedtime story far less any other story time.

Even at school, the curriculum and it's time pressures has all but prevented the teachers from reading to the class at the end of the day so for those who come from homes that never have any reading story time their is a diminishing opportunity for them to become proficient in automaticity in all aspects of reading.

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I think it is great and a great time saver for teachers and parents - the latter could buy it in and use it at home as a means of helplng the child develop good reading skills without too much adult input.

I'll be in touch and thanks for your patient help

Have a good weekend"

Clare from Cambridge.

Auditory Processing Improvements

I just got off the phone with Luke's mum. She says that he has shown major improvements in his listening accuracy. So much so that now he has been discharged from his speech and language therapy sessions because he no longer needs it. Also she told me that his teachers see a significant improvement in his auditory processing. His dyslexia is getting much better because he is now achieving phonological fluency. His phonemic awareness is now much better.

Sky Gym (red arrow) improves the speed at which the participant identifies and understands rapid, successive changes in sound (listening accuracy) and improves the participant's ability to hold sounds in memory (working memory). Luke's hard work helps him master this and improve his ability to listen in class, follow instructions and concentrate. 

Space Commander (blue arrow) improves listening accuracy, listening comprehension, working memory, language structures and the ability to follow instructions.

His next steps are to move onto more advanced listening and to build his reading skills. After this foundation work in auditory processing he will definitely make great progress in overcoming his dyslexia and attention issues!

iPads, blended and online learning. Insights from neuroscience.

In our Neuron Learning "Learning Times" series neuroscientist Dr Martha Burns discusses online and blended learning. Virtual reality anyone?

 

Leaving School at 15 - What about brain development?

In the Neuron Learning "Learning Times" series Neuroscientist Dr Martha Burns answers this difficult question of whether going into a job at 15 provide a good alternative to school for brain development. and discusses ways to keep the brain stimulated in that context. 

 

The Relationship between Listening and Reading Skills and vice versa

In our Neuron Learning "Learning Times" series Neuroscientist Dr Martha Burns explains the significance of reading skills for building listening skills in children. Its not about teachers talking less!

 

Think faster focus better and remember more Rewiring our brain to stay younger...

In our Neuron Learning "Learning Times" series Dr Michael Merzenich on brain plasticity. An hour of great science and very useful.

 

The Science of Learning: How Current Brain Research Can Improve Education

Optimal learning, learning styles, are the buzz words of the moment is seems.
But emotions count too.

Think about the BIG PICTURE of education; does science help learning?
And how? (HINT: its not just technology you know)

***How can we stimulate learning?

***What impact can the arts have?

***The importance of reading for your students.

***Mind Games; the negatives and positives of gaming

***Early Childhood and Disabilities, the long-term benefits of pre-school

In this report you will get a great overview of these key issues, solid evidence and
valuable links to further expert information

eSchool Media published this report The Science of Learning:

How Current Brain Research Can Improve Education.

We are happy at Neuron Learning to make this report available.
If you would like information on Fast ForWord or Reading Assistant please contact us

You can access your full copy here