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'Training for the Brain' Technology Yields Academic Gains at St. Thomas Aquinas H.S.

Imagine introducing a new technology to students that is similar to a video game - involving musical tones, hand and foot tapping, as well as coordinated movements, such as dancing - with scores to track improvement against oneself and others. Now imagine that 25,000 repetitions of these exercises in 12 one-hour sessions can improve mental processing with significant gains in reading and math fluency. For the 2,000 students at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this far-fetched description is a reality. Dozens of elementary and secondary schools in southern Florida, Virginia and Illinois now are introducing this innovative "training for the brain" technology called the Interactive Metronome (IM)....

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