Interactive Metronome.www. IM Powered.com, Hardware, $2,000/kit, variable software time costs, from 10 hours of software for $10/hour This neural-training device aims to help students improve test scores and reading and math performance. Through repetition of precise activities timed to a musical metronome metronome (mĕ`trənōm'), in music, originally pyramid-shaped clockwork mechanism to indicate the exact tempo in which a work is to be performed. It has a double pendulum whose pace can be altered by sliding the upper weight up or down. beat, the program "trains the brain" to plan, sequence and process information. Data from more than 700 students nationally who have taken the training show an exam processing speed See MHz. increase of 2.7 grade levels, a reading fluency increase of 2.2 grade levels, and a math fluency increase of 1.66 grade levels. Increases in national scoring percentile percentile, n the number in a frequency distribution below which a certain percentage of fees will fall. E.g., the ninetieth percentile is the number that divides the distribution of fees into the lower 90% and the upper 10%, or that fee level were also shown. Currently, elementary and secondary schools in Florida, Illinois and Virginia offer IM training. To initiate the program, school faculty become certified IM trainers to then deliver file training over 12 sessions to classes of 20 to 25 students. Each kit includes IM Pro 6.0 software, a site license, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , one certification, two headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. and a hand/foot sensor system. CIRCLE #530 FOR INFORMATION |
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