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Published research on spelling habits and how Old Way New Way^® can quickly eradicate bad spelling habits.

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Old Way New Way^® Learning

The Way Ahead: Old Way New Way and Mediational Learning. Paul Baxter. Classroom. Issue 7, 2000, pages 12 - 13. Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd.

By Dr Paul Baxter, author of, How To Get the Most Out of Your Child's School: 60 Questions Parents Ask Teachers. Fontana/Collins, 1983.

"Notice how children and adults keep misspelling the same word in the same wrong way? Learn why students keep falling back to old ways and improve classroom learning with Old Way New Way^®.

 

The Education Boom

The Education Boom. Jarek Czechowicz. Management Today. November-December 2000. Pages 12 and 13. Australian Institute of Management.

Knowledge is an enterprise's greatest resource. Online management development is fast and cheap. By 2002, more than half of all training will be technology based, with the remainder taking place in the classroom.

This article discusses the proactive habit interference mechanism that slows down change and continuous improvement in knowledge and skills. The solution, Old Way New Way^®, accelerates human learning and allows the rapid uptake of new knowledge and skills.

 

Computer Corner review of Personal Best Spelling

Computer Corner review of Personal Best Spelling by Bill Gillespie. Education: Journal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation. 16 October, 2000, page 24.

".... This program takes a no nonsense approach to the teaching of spelling... This is not a game dressed up as educational software.... One advantage of this approach is that it can correct persistent, learned and habitual spelling errors... It is worthwhile visiting the website just to read the information on the Old Way New Way^® approach to learning."

 

Mediational Learning: Old Habits No Longer Die Hard.

Mediational Learning: Old Habits No Longer Die Hard. Dr Paul Baxter. Write On, 2000, 18, 1, 10 - 15. Queensland Council For Adult Literacy Newsletter.

Discusses the theoretical background to Mediational Learning (Old Way New Way^®) and its application to adult literacy teaching. Contains over 32 references to research journal articles.

 

Published research on Old Way New Way^®

For a full list of published articles in international refereed journals on the Old Way New Way^® learning method and its many application, go to the annotated bibliography.

 

Preview, trial download and purchase

Before you buy, please check out the many spelling program features. You can preview the program, download and try the demo adult or children's version for free, and then purchase it using our secure order form.

Spelling problem?

(In-depth explanation)

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 describes published research on spelling habits and explains how Old Way New Way^® can quickly eradicate bad spelling habits.