At the end of the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 14-year-old Anamika Veeramani of North Royalton, Ohio stood alone as the champion. Anamika, who tied for fifth in last year's National Bee, showed poise throughout the competition as one contestant after another fell by the wayside. Though her ride was mostly smooth, the Spelling Bee itself saw some controversy. Continue reading...
Since launching Vocabulary.com, we've been thrilled to see how the online word-learning system has grown by leaps and bounds, attracting millions of users (including over half a million registered users and students in more than 11,000 schools nationwide). As the premiere site for vocabulary learning, Vocabulary.com has received recognition from the likes of USA Today, the New York Times, and Time. And today we're excited to announce the next step in the evolution of Vocabulary.com: an app that brings the adaptive learning system and the powerful dictionary that supports it to the palm of your hands. Continue reading...
Teachers, we've got great news. Now, when you sign up as an educator on Vocabulary.com, you can create classes for every period you teach, monitor the performance of each class, gain insight into where you need to focus your instruction, and use class leaderboards to light a competitive fire among your students. Continue reading...
The school year officially ended for students at Houston's St. Vincent de Paul School, but rising sixth, seventh and eighth grade students together mastered 11,349 words in the month of June. Continue reading...
While it's true that the new SAT will no longer directly assess students on their knowledge of "obscure" vocabulary via sentence completion questions, don't be fooled into thinking that students will encounter less vocabulary on the test. Words still matter, and a student's vocabulary knowledge will still remain a powerful predictor of his or her overall score on the new SAT Reading Test. Continue reading...
The New York Times today praised Vocabulary.com as a sign that "real progress is finally being made in computer-assisted education." Continue reading...
Vocabulary.com's 12-week Roadmap to the GRE is now available for purchase. Prospective test-takers who want to improve their scores on all test sections can follow our Roadmap to the GRE for personalized, efficient studying. Continue reading...
As you play Vocabulary.com, do you ever wonder why you're being asked questions on words before you have a chance to try to learn them on your own? It's because the experience of test-taking actually helps you learn, and speeds the rate at which you do so. Continue reading...