The third and in fact most important barrier to study is the misunderstood word. A misunderstood or uncomprehended word or definition of a word can thoroughly block a person’s understanding of a subject and can even cause one to abandon the subject entirely. Have you ever gotten to the bottom of a page only to discover you didn’t remember anything it contained? Just before that page seemed to have gone “blank,” there was a word you didn’t fully understand. This barrier is applicable to any field of endeavor and solving it was a major breakthrough which opened the gates to effective education.

Mr. Hubbard’s study technology enables anyone to be able to know when one of these barriers has been encountered and enables him or her to remedy them so that the ability to study and learn is not impeded.

These methods have been used by millions of people all over the world and have proven phenomenally successful. Here are some examples:

In Brixton, England, a group of students aged 8 to 13 years was put through a course in reading materials based on study technology. Each student spent 8 to 10 hours over 10 days studying the course materials. Upon completion, they had gained an average of 1.3 years in reading age.

In a literacy program in South Africa, the average gain in reading age was two years and three months. Further, students trained in study technology in government schools have demonstrated an outstanding increase in pass rates for all subjects. In one year, as an example, the average pass rate in 19 schools increased from 43 percent before the use of study technology to 78 percent after it was implemented.

In Mexico City, study technology was introduced into a private school. High-school students in one class had failed 95 percent of their materials. After application of study technology, the class passed 90 percent of the materials the following year.

At one school in Los Angeles, California, where study technology is used throughout the curriculum, students taking college entrance exams regularly score 30 percent above the national average. And, in the nationally recognized California Achievement Test, fourth grade students score two or more grade levels above the norm in reading, math and language.

These and other results translate into effective education that enables individuals to acquire learning skills they will use every day of their lives.