Lexia Cross-Trainer™
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The Lexia Cross-Trainer Suite is designed to improve cognitive development in learners ages 7 to adult.
The software helps learning disabled, special needs, and mainstream students strengthen their thinking, memory, and problem-solving abilities, improving performance across subjects as varied as reading, math, science, and social studies.
Visual-Spatial Activities
Lexia Cross-Trainer Visual-Spatial activities benefits learners who have underdeveloped visual-spatial abilities or who could benefit from enhancing these skills. The software can be effective for students who need to improve in subjects that emphasize visual and conceptual learning, such as mathematics and science.
Lexia Cross-Trainer's Visual-Spatial activities work on different kinds of “muscles”: visualization, visual memory, mental rotation, visual tracking, spatial orientation, and multi-perspective coordination, among other skills.
A student struggling with math or science might improve his performance by receiving extra coaching, but he could also develop the visual-spatial skills that make it easier to learn math and science.
Logical Reasoning Activities
Lexia Cross-Trainer's Logical Reasoning activities work on different abilities fundamental to comprehension and problem-solving. It provides the foundation for creating new ideas, comprehending theories, and recognizing relationships. Logical reasoning is crucial to basic organizational skills, discerning patterns, and drawing inferences, all of which are necessary in conceptual learning.
A student struggling with reading, math, or science might improve his performance by receiving extra coaching, but he could also develop the logical reasoning skills that make it easier to learn those subjects.
As with a good teacher, the software is designed to branch upward when the student succeeds, and provide more help before the student gets frustrated.
Logical Reasoning benefits learners by providing the foundation for creating new ideas, comprehending theories, and recognizing relationships. Logical reasoning skills are crucial to basic organization, discerning patterns, and drawing inferences, all of which are necessary in conceptual learning.