- Using a program aimed at developing reasoning and figural classification skills, Jacobs
showed a measurable improvement in these skills, a better retention rate, and a transfer
of skills to related tasks.
- Meichenbaum was able to improve mental performance in a variety of therapeutic
situations by modifying the inner speech patterns of children and adults, which shows that
learning and memory skills can be trained.
- Blank revealed IQ gains of 14.5 points in a one-on-one program that lasted 75 minutes
per week over several months. The IQ gains dropped to only seven points when the amount of
training was reduced to 45 minutes per week.
- Bloom and Broder, using an individualized problem-solving training program, obtained
significant gains in grades if there were more than seven sessions.
- Lindamood reported individual reading gains averaged 2.4 years in a four-month period
for eighth and ninth graders who received auditory-conceptual training.
- Greenspan showed a significant improvement in directionality and a reduction of
reversal errors after using perceptual-motor training.
- Impressive training results have also been documented by Feuerstein,
Holzman, and
Trabasso for reasoning; Belmont, Brown, and Wanschura for memory; Klahr and
Siegler for problem solving; Farr, Hendrickson, Walsh, Brown, Getz,
Halliwell,
Rowell, and Rosner for visual processing; and Peters, Rose, Yates, Varner, and
Turner for auditory processing.
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