Information on training with WinKonz
Information on the basic training forms
WinKonz is a psychologic based concentration program. By training with letters and numbers you cab set the foundation stones for reading, writing and calculating, making this program a powerful tool for pupils and students.
Furthermore psychological learning principles are applied to the training - similar to the principles used in behavioral therapy.
1. When working concentrated the user gets a written and audible feedback immediately. Concentrated working is rewarded while faults are being ignored. This unconsciously supports the learning progress.
2. The trainings 3 and 4 fit the learner's skills automatically, so a training on the personal optimal level is always assured. This is an extraordinary prerequisite for learning progress.
Four different forms of training and the feedback contribute to the learning success.
Training form 1
Training form 1 supports more than anything the concentration ability you need for visual-motoric coordination.
Training form 2
This speed training improves the psychic efficiency and concentration endurance. Readiness to use and strong will are challenged and supported.
Training form 3
This training boosts speed and quality of the results - that means enduring concentration on psychic speed work is being practiced. The training is designed the way that the challenge is not too hard for the learner. This supports him. This exercise is very good to support the short term memory - an important prerequisite for memorizing and learning by heart.
Training form 4
This training gives you exercises in which you have to discriminate visual stimuli quickly and safely and react fast. This is an importand part of the concentration ability. The motto is the same as before: Encouragement instead of excessive demands.
Results
The results are available just after ending the exercise. So the user gets a direct feedback on his success. A point system gives quick and clear information. So you can see the improvement in concentration ability from exercise to exercise.
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The chart shows the improvement of concentration with WinKonz. The first session is set to 100 %. The 20th sesssion shows an improvement of more than 80 % - from 100 % to 183 %.
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Information on further exercises and kinds of training
Additional to the basic exercises there are the following training modes:
1. One speciality of WinKonz is the combinated concentration- and spelling training.
- It is possible to train more than 2100 words of the english basic vocabulary.
- The spelling training can be expanded individually. That means: Words which should be trained in particular can be added to the basic vocabulary.
2. It is possible to train the working memory which is instrumental in ADHD (AttentionDeficit Hyperactivity Disorder). The scientist Torkel Klingberg of the Karolinska Institut in Stockholm, sweden found out that certain kinds of memorizing exercises can improve the working memory which leads to a reduction of hyperactivity.
3. You can train:
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the concentration for all 4 basic arithmetics and improve them.
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the subtraction on its own.
4. Further training possibilities:
The auditive-motoric coordination that means the coordination between hearing and hand- / fingermovement can be trained.
Special features:
- The training results can be copied to the clipboard and used with other computer programs.
- Comfortable working is possible because some functions are administered by the program. The program remembers the adjustment of each training.
- For some exercises (T3 and T4) the speed of training can be changed (beginner, master, pro) to pro 2 or up to pro 5. So this trainings can be challenging for adults too.
You can download the demo version of WinKonz and test it.
Copyright: Ernst Hartmann, 2005-2009
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