Fast ForWord^® Literacy Advanced

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software is designed to appeal to teenagers while strengthening their processing efficiency so they can establish a foundation for learning.

To accelerate reading progress, Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software develops critical brain processing efficiency in four key areas:

• Builds memory skills through exercises that task both working and long-term memory.
• Improves concentration and the ability to focus attention and ignore distractions through highly demanding attention tasks.
• Strengthens auditory, visual and linguistic processing of orally presented words, sentences and stories for meaning and comprehension.
• Develops sequencing through exercises that require utilization of word order to comprehend complex statements and multi-step instructions, and then requires following a specified sequence of actions in response.

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software works by exercising the brain to process more efficiently, the way physical workouts train the body to be more fit and strong.

Four key components of our technology-based intervention work together to create the dramatic changes in brain function required to achieve universal literacy:

• Frequency and Intensity—Neuroscience research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intense timeframe accelerates learning
• Adaptivity—Exercises adapt with each key stroke to individual skill levels and responses, keeping students continuously challenged but not frustrated
• Simultaneous Development—Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to produce lasting improvements in learning
• Timely Motivation—Tiered rewards are designed to maximize motivation from start to finish.

Scientific Learning Progress Tracker, an accountability tool, provides real-time monitoring of individual and group performance on the Fast ForWord exercises.

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced Completion History

It provides clear, action-oriented information showing student progress over time, in specific reading and cognitive skills areas. It’s one of the reasons why Fast ForWord products have been so successful in helping schools and districts meet state mandates and comply with NCLB.

Teachers can receive automatic emailed reports with specific recommendations for instructional intervention. Administrator reports provide disaggregated data for groups of students, making it easy to monitor progress toward AYP goals.

What is Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software?

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software is a reading intervention product that builds foundational reading and language skills to help districts move special needs learners to successful learners in the general classroom.

Who should use Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software?

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software is for secondary education institutions and clinical specialists worldwide whose students are reading two or more years below grade level.

What are the Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced exercises like?

• Sky Rider: Advances listening accuracy and auditory sequencing by challenging the learner to identify, remember, and repeat the number and order of modulated frequency sound sweeps.
• Lunar Leap: Improves word analysis by challenging the participant to discriminate between phonologically similar words.
• Galaxy Theater: Improves skills in listening comprehension, following directions, English language conventions, and vocabulary.

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What kind of results have students had with Fast ForWord software?

Using one of our prescribed protocols, students have achieved, on average, a 1 to 2 year gain in reading skills within 8 to 12 weeks . Longitudinal research shows that the increase in the rate of learning is permanent over time, closing the achievement gap.

In addition, students often exhibit enhanced self-confidence, better communication, greater interest in learning, and improved mental agility and alertness, after working on Fast ForWord products.

How do I know Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software is working?

Scientific Learning Progress Tracker, an accountability tool, provides real-time monitoring of individual and group performance on the Fast ForWord exercises.

Teachers can receive automatic emailed reports with specific recommendations for instructional intervention. Administrator reports provide disaggregated data for groups of students, making it easy to monitor progress toward AYP goals.

Why does Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software work?

Just as physical exercise increases muscle strength and efficiency, Fast ForWord to Literacy Advanced software exercises the brain, increasing its ability to learn better and faster. Each exercise targets and develops the processing efficiency needed for successful reading and learning.

How does Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software work?

Fast ForWord Literacy Advanced software uses proven brain science principles to develop essential learning skills in the four key areas of memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing. These are the underlying skills required for reading and learning.

The learning principles behind the exercises—frequency and intensity, adaptivity, simultaneous development, and timely motivation—are maximized by state of the art technology that is based on more than 30 years of research on how the brain learns.

• Frequency and Intensity—Research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intensive timeframe accelerates learning.
• Adaptivity—Exercises adapt with each key stroke to individual skill levels and responses, keeping students continuously challenged but not frustrated.
• Simultaneous Development—Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to produce lasting improvements in learning.
• Timely Motivation—Tiered rewards are designed to maximize motivation from start to finish.

What are the Technical Requirements for running the software?

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