For the first time since 2003, 4th graders failed to make any progress in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Why improvement before and none since? The push with NCLB (No Child Left Behind) raised the concept of accountability, measuring and providing consequences for not meeting Adequate Yearly Progress. What this suggests [...]
04
May
Activities – Paperless Tic Tac Toe – Strengthen Cognitive Skills
Paperless Tic-Tac-Toe:Take the classic game of tick-tac-toe and assign each box a number. Have your child visualize this grid in her mind and call off the box number in which she wants to place her mark. Also, try playing tic-tac-toe by drawing the grid in the air and pointing to the box you want [...]
27
Apr
Transforming your Child through a System Part 2
In part one of this series we talked about how you shouldn’t focus on strong skills. I know that sounds strange, right? Everywhere you go today, you are taught to find your child's strong skills and focus on them. However, brain trainer's do quite the opposite. We focus on the weaker skills since those are [...]
20
Apr
How to Transform Your Child into an Independent Learner – Part 1
Using a system to help your child will work if you identify the current level of cognitive learning skills. You need to create an action plan that will target the weak skills and strengthen them. You shouldn’t focus on the strong skills. They’re already strong, so you need to focus on the weak ones so [...]
17
Mar
BrainWare Safari Program at Bailly helps pupils cultivate cognitive skills
Gary Community School Corp. educators are hopeful a new software designed to boost cognitive skills will in turn increase student achievement. Some 165 students at Bailly Preparatory Academy spend about 45 minutes a day on BrainWare Safari. The software instituted at Bailly in January reinforces cognitive skills such as attention, memory and visual processing and [...]
27
Jan
BrainWare for Professionals
BrainWare Safari for Professionals Cognitive Skills Defined Cognitive Skills Strengthened by BrainWare Research Summary of BrainWare Implementations in Schools Cognitive Skills and Math Cognitive Skills and Reading A Study of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Skill Therapy in Video Game Format Dr. White, Superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools provides Letter of Recommendation for BrainWare Safari [...]
04
Jan
Learning Difficulties are Hard to Understand
When your child has learning difficulties it can be hard for you to understand. The main reason for this is because; you don’t have a learning problem so you don’t understand what your child is going through. Not understanding is the worst thing you can go through with this problem. Teaching yourself how to [...]
28
Dec
5 Ways to Correct a Learning Difference in Your Child
When a learning difference is discovered, the best way to correct it is find a way to fix it. There are several ways to do this, some will work and some will not. It really depends on the person and how they learn. Some people learn by watching while others learn by doing, so you’ll [...]
17
Dec
BrainWare Safari Research
From BrainWare: Several studies have been completed using BrainWare Safari in different settings to demonstrate its effectiveness. Each study or case-study was performed using evaluation methods that were suitable for the setting, some were evidence-based and some were case studies. In each study, the recommended use of BrainWare Safari was 30 to 60 minutes, 3 [...]
01
Dec
The Five Types of Brain Training
In past articles, we discussed what brain training is considered to be in depth. We stated that brain training consists of specific exercises targeted at improving cognitive skills. The programs can be in-person or online and are usually intensive requiring the student to make their training a priority in their life. Brain training is considered [...]
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