SURVEY - gather the information necessary to focus and formulate goals.
Read the title - help the mind prepare to receive the subject at hand.
Read the introduction and/or summary - how this chapter fits the author's purposes,
and focus on the author's statement of most important points.
Notice each boldface heading and subheading - order your mind before you begin to
read - build a structure for the thoughts and details to come.
Notice any graphics - charts, maps, diagrams, etc. are there to make a point - don't
miss them.
Notice reading aids - italics, bold face print, chapter objective, end-of -chapter
questions are all included to help you sort, comprehend, and remember.
Survey the document: scan the contents, introduction, chapter introductions and
chapter summaries to pick up a shallow overview of the text and form an opinion
of whether it will be of any help.
QUESTION - help your mind to concentrate.
One section at a time, turn the boldface heading into as many questions as you think
will be answered in that section. The better the questions, the better your comprehension
is likely to be. You may always add further questions as you proceed. When the mind
is actively searching for answers to questions it becomes engaged in learning.
Make a note of any questions that come to mind or particularly interest you about
the subject as a result of your survey. Perhaps rescan the document to see if any
questions stand out. These questions can be considered almost as study goals - understanding
the answers can help you to structure the information in the mind.
READ - fill in the information around the mental structures you've been
building.
Read each section (one at a time) with the questions in mind. Look for the answers,
and notice if you need to make up some new questions.
Read the document. Read through it in detail, taking care to understand all the
points that are relevant. In the case of some texts this reading may be very slow
if there is a lot of dense and complicated information.
RECITE - retain your mind to concentrate and learn as it reads.
After each section - stop, recall the questions, and see if you can answer them
from memory. If not, look back again (as often as necessary) but don't go on to
the next section until you can recite.
Once you have read the document, or a section of it, run through it in your mind
a number of times. Isolate out the core facts or the essential processes behind
the subject, and then see how other information fits around them. Some things may
require more recital than others for them to sink in.
REVIEW - refine your mental organization and begin building memory.
Once you've finished the entire chapter using the preceding steps, go back over
all the questions from all the headings. See if you can still answer them. If not,
look back and refresh the memory, then continue.
Once you have run through the exercise of Recalling the information, you can
move on to the stage of reviewing the information. This review can be by re-reading
the document, by expanding your notes, or by discussing the material with someone
else. A particularly effective method of reviewing information is to have to teach
it to someone else!
THE INFORMATION YOU GAIN FROM READING IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU JUST "DO IT" WITHOUT
LEARNING SOMETHING. YOU'RE WASTING A LOT OF TIME.
About Magic Speed Reading software
Read faster!
The paradoxical truth is that when reading matter is fairly easy, our comprehension
actually drops if we read it too slowly. For one thing, we can miss the flow of
the writer's story line or argument. For another, our minds wander if we don't feed
them information at an optimum speed; that is, we "lose concentration." Many studies
have shown that average readers can often double their rate in general reading with
no loss of basic comprehension. Many even increase their comprehension because they
concentrate better at the higher speeds.
Speed reading techniques
Remember these two things and enhance your reading speed:
- Make sure your text is fairly easy for you. You should know something about
the subject matter and have no major problems with the vocabulary, style, or
ideas. Don't expect to read Scientific American or Spinoza's philosophy rapidly
and with full comprehension the first time through, unless you are a scientist
or philosopher.
- Make sure your purpose for reading. Do you need to memorize the contents
of the material? Discuss it in detail? Savor the style? Are you aiming at 100
percent understanding of new, difficult principles, as when you study-read a
textbook? If so, don't expect a fast, once-through reading to be sufficient.
Your purpose should not be study or analysis (although a single rapid reading
prior to study or analysis is often very useful). Your purpose when you decide
to rapid read should be general information and enjoyment.
Psychology of speed reading
Speed reading tip. Approach rapid reading with a relaxed, confident
mind-set. First, forget any 100 percent compulsion you may have built up over the
years. Remind yourself that in the future, no one is going to test you on your leisure
reading! Second, leave the slow rates (100-300 wpm) to talking or reading aloud.
Your eyes can see all the words on a page at speeds up to 800 wpm, and your brain
can operate at thousands of words per minute. So feed yourself printed words at
a more challenging pace--400-800 wpm.
Speed reading tip. Trust your sense of closure. All adult readers
know enough about English words, sentence patterns, and common logic to understand
most of the contents of a page even if they do not clearly see every word. ("Function
words"--those not essential to literal comprehension--may easily be omitted. "Key
words," however, are important to comprehension.) Depending on how concise a writer's
style is, we can omit 10-50 percent of the words in ordinary prose without losing
any basic literal comprehension.
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