Why Fast ForWord is Unique

Fast ForWord works on improving the brain’s “hardware” so that the teaching and tuition can be better absorbed and retained. It is unlike any other learning program or educational software.

 

Why Fast ForWord® is a unique learning program

Fast ForWord is unlike any other learning program or educational software because it is based on neuroscience principles and is designed to improve the brain’s ‘hardware’ to increase processing speed and capacity and improve learning.

Adaptive, individualised and enjoyable

Unlike traditional educational programs, Fast ForWord is designed to adapt to the individual user. The software constantly adjusts to allow users to work at their own pace. This maintains motivation and confidence levels and ensures the most efficient use of learning time by focusing on individual learning difficulties. In addition, Fast ForWord has an engaging, computer game feel that is enjoyed by people of all ages.

Fast, effective and enduring

Used regularly for as little as 12 weeks, Fast ForWord delivers significant and lasting results. The program works like a personal trainer for the brain, building cognitive capacity and strengthening neural networks so that the entire learning system of the brain performs at a higher level. Again and again Fast ForWord shines above other learning interventions, showing ongoing evidence that the program enables significant and enduring learning gains, with learning improvements usually noticeable in the first 4 to 6 weeks.

Scientifically based and proven results

Fast ForWord is based on proven neuroscience research and is continuously validated by on-going research. It is the most highly researched learning intervention of its type in existence. Prestigious educational institutions including Stanford University, Cornell University, UCSF Medical Centre and Rutgers University have studied the Fast ForWord program and found it to be an effective, scientifically based learning intervention.

The Nevada Department of Education recently published findings of a district-wide research study conducted between 2006 and 2008 which showed that of the 22 innovative and remedial programs extensively studied, Fast ForWord was the most effective learning tool. The report concludes that the Fast ForWord programs improve student reading achievement by an average of 22.2 percentage points, which was the largest average impact of all programs reviewed in the report. Click here to view a YouTube presentation on the findings.

Fast ForWord has been used to enhance learning by over 3 million students in over 40 countries since 1997 and the extensive body of research includes:

  • Over 90 research studies with 40,000 participants showing student academic gains

  • Over 700 publications describing the foundational research

  • Clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health in the USA that have confirmed the efficacy of Fast ForWord.

More than just tutoring or phonics training

Unlike traditional tutoring programs, Fast ForWord is not designed to re-teach the curriculum, which effectively just gives the brain more of the same. When students have an underlying learning difficulty, tutoring or more and more phonics instruction can act as a band-aid as it attempts to work around the issue rather than on resolving the issue. Instead, through systematic, intensive and adaptive mental exercises, Fast ForWord challenges and builds the brain’s capacity to make all learning easier and faster.

Scientific Learning holds over 70 patents relating to a wide variety of practical applications of neuroscience and the advancement of learning skills.

Much more intensive instruction

Extensive learning research has shown that intensity is needed to achieve significant and lasting learning gains. It isn’t enough to provide additional learning instruction once or twice a week.

The patented Fast ForWord technology creates unique programs that rapidly impact a child's ability to read and learn. In a 50-minute session, Fast ForWord participants are exposed to more carefully designed learning activities than participants in any comparable program.

 

Intensity comparison:

Learning activities per 50-minute session

Fast ForWord:

Approx. 1000

Other computer-based reading intervention programs:

Approx. 175

Print-based reading interventions:

Less than 175

Fast ForWord® Intensity:

 

Progress Tracker helps manage student progress

Fast ForWord Progress Tracker is a web enabled, password protected monitoring and reporting system that provides reports on the individual learning progress of each participant. The analysis of individual student progress can be automatically delivered to teachers, clinical professionals, and parents with specific recommendations for instructional intervention.

 

Finding a program to address your child's needs is not easy.

  • In center is expensive & inconvenient
  • Off-the-shelf software is ineffective
  • Tutoring does not help long term
  • Meanwhile, your child is falling behind
  • More affordable than tutoring.

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