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.


Fast ForWord Adapts exactly to each student's development needs.

Fast ForWord identifies the student’s individual learning weaknesses by analysing their responses to the exercise tasks and continuously adjusts the degree of difficulty to keep the student challenged.


Fast For Word Provides short (8 to 12 weeks) concentrated training that produces enduring learning gains.

Students can make gains of up to 1 -2 years in reading competency and these gains are maintained without additional training.

Fast ForWord is based on proven neuroscience research and is continuously validated by on-going research. Fast ForWord was developed from fundamental research by some of the world’s most eminent neuroscientists. Continuous studies of its use make it the most researched program of its type in the world. It is validated by independent researchers and accepted by the scientific community.


Fast ForWord has been used by over 1 million students in over 40 countries since 1998.

 


Fast ForWord delivers students much more intensive exercises

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 Comparision: Learning activities per 50-minute session     

Fast ForWord Programs:  approx. 625
Other computer-based reading intervention programs  approx. 175
Print-based reading interventions:  less than 175


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Fast ForWord is a proven scientifically-based literacy program

Fast ForWord software is recognised as a proven scientifically-based reading intervention program by leaders in the advancement of learning at leading educational organisations such as: Stanford University, Cornell University, UCSF Medical Center & Rutgers University.

Data independently gathered by many schools has shown that Fast ForWord programs actually build the learning capacity of the brain.

Scientific Learning Corporation has one of the largest databases of user results in education today.

The Fast ForWord programs have been developed from advances in neuroscience research over the last 30 years.



Fast ForWord is different from other reading-intervention programs

Fast ForWord is the only program that is based on a solid foundation of neuroscience research. This research has enabled Scientific Learning Corporation to develop a range of programs that build the learning capacity of individuals.

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


Fast ForWord is extensively researched

  • Over 85 research studies with 35,000 participants show student academic gains
  • Over 700 publications describe the foundational research of the programs
  • Clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health in USA have confirmed the efficacy of Fast ForWord


Fast ForWord Progress Tracker is a unique tool to manage student progress

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