App Detail » How Do You Know?

Published by: Lynn Epstein

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $4.99
Current Version: 1.6.0
Released: July 26, 2014

What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to use the latest Apple signing certificate.

Improvements...

App Description

Players learn to make inferences and explain how they know by identifying key details and vocabulary when answering "who", what" "where" "when" and "how" questions. It includes over 10 categories and 500 questions to strengthen verbal reasoning skills. Teachers have reviewed and linked How Do You Know? app to core curriculum standards in the US & UK.

Parents' and Educators' Favorite Features:
Lots of content; Over 10 categories: Places, Activities, Emotions, Conditions & State of Being, People & Occupations, Animals, Time, Events, Holidays, Weather, Geography
"Read to Me" option
Different levels of difficulty and prompts; audio and visual prompts
"Let's Talk About It!" to teach vocabulary and concepts; pre/post-test
Data collection with percentages for "WH" and "HOW" questions
Email reports and share results with parents, teachers, & therapists
100 name capacity; edit to add/delete names
"Listen Again" button
How to Use Page
Developed by experienced speech language pathologist

Skills targeted:
• Questions comprehension of "who", "what", "where", "when" and "how"
• Verbal reasoning strategies to make inferences
• Critical thinking skills to distinguish key details
• Build Vocabulary and semantic knowledge
• Use pictures to build concept imagery
• Recognize and label associated vocabulary
• Practice reading comprehension at sentence level

About the author: Lynn Epstein, MS, ASHA certified speech language pathologist with over 30 years of clinical experience in child language and communication development. How Do You Know? app is based on successful strategies and lessons used with thousands of students to strengthen communication and verbal reasoning skills.

Lynn Epstein can be contacted at [email protected]
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