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fistfullofsteel
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Speed reading
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fistfullofsteel
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everybody on this board supposed to be on top of everything and anything, what is going on.
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Lestat said:
Have you done Howard Berg's course? How many words can you read a minute?
Griz1
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What I've heard in the past re: speed reading is that the way you read a paragraph is not in a linear fashion. Nor are you able to "get" 100% of what is in the material. Basically it is allowing your brain to organize concepts by filling it with specific words or phrases that you systematically look at in the paragraph.
Mind you I think there's likely better systems out there.
Mind you I think there's likely better systems out there.
silverfish
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fistfullofsteel said:
How about Evelyn Woods Reading Dynamics? All about speed reading. I prefer SQ3R. Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. Works every time.
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silverfish said:
How many words can you read per minute? I have been looking into that too.
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bullett said:
That's the kicker. In the Woods seminar I took, we had to do the reading then be quizzed on what we read. You can pick out main points pretty easy if prompted. But on your own it's tough.
silverfish
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fistfullofsteel said:
Not sure now. I took the seminar about 3 years ago and haven't really used it too much. To me it seemed like it was not a good tool for actually retaining information. You could speed thru a book, but what do you actually remember. I needed someone to jog my memory, then I could remember what I read. Otherwise I really couldn't tell you everything I read.
Might work well for scanning emails or documents at work. Or blasting thru long post here. At any rate, if your company will pay for you to go, it's worth it. If you're paying your own way, I'd probably pass.
fistfullofsteel
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From what I read, speed reading does not hinder your memory of what your read or the level of your comprehension. I have often read materials really slow, highlighted it and took notes and still had a hard time remembering it and sometimes comprehending it. From what I read, slow reading in fact gives your brain time to wonder off because it's not being stimulated enough, because the information is coming in too slow. I do believe there are proven techniques to help you read 1,000+ words a minute and using the subvocalization technique is an outdated one.
Your standard schooling teaches you what to learn, but often not how to learn.
Howard Berg is in the Guinness World Records for being the fastest reader. He can read a book as fast as he can turn the pages. He is often tested and he often scores around 90% correct on the material that he read. I am talking about random questions that he had no idea that were going to be asked. As he states, you can definitely do it too, maybe not at his speed but you can improve your reading speed, comprehension, memory and whatever else that is involved in reading.
http://www.mrreader.com/evelynwood.htm
http://www.mrreader.com/GUINNESSLETTER.htm
Btw, he says his top speed is 80 pages a minute or 25,000 words a minute. That's blazing!
If you can't beat 'em, then join 'em. Don't hate, appreciate.
Your standard schooling teaches you what to learn, but often not how to learn.
Howard Berg is in the Guinness World Records for being the fastest reader. He can read a book as fast as he can turn the pages. He is often tested and he often scores around 90% correct on the material that he read. I am talking about random questions that he had no idea that were going to be asked. As he states, you can definitely do it too, maybe not at his speed but you can improve your reading speed, comprehension, memory and whatever else that is involved in reading.
http://www.mrreader.com/evelynwood.htm
http://www.mrreader.com/GUINNESSLETTER.htm
Btw, he says his top speed is 80 pages a minute or 25,000 words a minute. That's blazing!
If you can't beat 'em, then join 'em. Don't hate, appreciate.
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