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Spelling program features: Personal Best SpellingNot just another computer game dressed up as educational software |
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Spelling program features: Personal Best SpellingNot just another computer game dressed up as educational software |
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Spelling program features and specifications
Features and specifications |
Spelling Program Version 1.6 |
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| Learn New Words (improved version of Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check spelling method) | Yes |
Yes |
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| Spelling Test (tests spelling of words learned and tracks progress of each user) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Correct Problem Words (corrects habitual misspellings using Old Way New Way® Learning Method) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Word lists built in (core words for developing word power, graded word lists, frequently misspelled words, special problem words) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| USA spelling conventions word lists built in | Yes |
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Yes |
| UK/Oz spelling conventions word lists built in | Yes |
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| Create your own word lists (customise spelling lists for learning, testing and habit correction) | Yes |
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Yes |
| Special version for adult learners (not just another educational computer game for kids) | Yes |
Yes |
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| Voiced instructions guide the user and reinforce on-screen instructions (sound can be turned off) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Age range | All |
All |
All |
| Available on CD ROM or downloaded | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Networkable (please request our instructions before purchasing, to check suitability for your network) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multiple users per installation | Yes |
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Yes |
| Easy to learn and use; user friendly method of learning spelling | Yes |
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Yes |
| Results apparent after one session (spelling case studies) | Yes |
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Yes |
| Step-by-step preview and description of how it works, with screen shots | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Free trial download | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Independent reviews | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| What other people are saying about it | Yes |
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Yes |
| Cognitive science research support for learning methods used (proof of concept; evidence of effectiveness) | Yes |
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| Develops understanding and word meaning through use of words in context | Yes |
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| Meaningful word practice in context | Yes |
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| Instructional level - suitable for beginner, basic, advanced, remedial spelling instruction, learning professional vocabularies | Yes |
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Yes |
| Handles spelling reversals | Yes |
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Yes |
| Independent student use with minimal or no supervision after initial learning period | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Develops error recognition and improved memory for correct spelling | Yes |
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Yes |
| Compatible with wide range of teaching approaches and learning styles | Yes |
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Yes |
| Suitable for foreign language learning (each word list item can contain more than one word, to provide meaning in context) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Suitable for Microsoft Windows (95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista) | Yes |
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Yes |
| Site licenses including provision for home-use installation by students and teachers, and more. | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Purchase online or by mail, phone or fax using credit card, purchase order, cheque or bank transfer. | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Spelling problem?
A brief explanation:
Spelling teachers and students try to get it right the first time but invariably end up spending a lot of time trying to correct bad spelling habits that somehow develop.
Because these errors were not corrected early, and were repeated over and over (i.e., practiced), many spelling errors quickly develop into bad habits and are then much harder to eradicate. For example, some people always write "recieve" instead of "receive".
We all know that old habits die hard and many spelling errors therefore defy correction by conventional methods.
The usual advice to practice the correct spelling over and over is not very effective. The next day learners seem to have forgotten what they've learned and the same old spelling errors resurface. It seems we just keep falling back to old ways and, consequently, transfer of learning (memory for correct spelling) is poor.
Fortunately, a cognitive science discovery called Old Way New Way® Learning, endorsed and gazetted by the South Australian Department of Education and built into Personal Best Spelling, offers all learners of all ages:
1. A new perspective on the transfer of learning problem in the learning of spelling
2. A fast and practical way to learn to spell new and unfamiliar words
3. A user-friendly method for quickly and permanently eradicating bad spelling habits.
This page lists the features of the adult spelling and child spelling versions of the Personal Best Spelling program.
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Tuesday, 11 March, 2008
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