1. Suggestions For Improving Reading Speed SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING reading speed. Rereading words and phrases isa habit which will slow your reading speed down to a snail s pace. http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/suggest.html

SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING READING SPEED Improvement of Reading Rate It is safe to say that almost anyone can double his speed of reading while maintaining equal or even higher comprehension. In other words, anyone can improve the speed with which he gets what he wants from his reading. The average college student reads between 250 and 350 words per minute on fiction and non-technical materials. A "good" reading speed is around 500 to 700 words per minute, but some people can read a thousand words per minute or even faster on these materials. What makes the difference? There are three main factors involved in improving reading speed: (1) the desire to improve, (2) the willingness to try new techniques and (3) the motivation to practice. Learning to read rapidly and well presupposes that you have the necessary vocabulary and comprehension skills. When you have advanced on the reading comprehension materials to a level at which you can understand college-level materials, you will be ready to speed reading practice in earnest. The Role of Speed in the Reading Process Factors that Reduce Reading Rate Since these conditions act also to reduce comprehension increasing the reading rate through eliminating them is likely to result in increased comprehension as well. This is an entirely different matter from simply speeding up the rate of reading without reference to the conditions responsible for the slow rate. In fact, simply speeding the rate especially through forced acceleration, may actually result, and often does, in making the real reading problem more severe. In addition, forced acceleration may even destroy confidence in ability to read. The obvious solution, then is to increase rate as a part of a total improvement of the whole reading process. This is a function of special training programs in reading.

2. Speed Reading Test Online Free speed reading online test. Read a text, then answer the quiz. Instant results for reading speed and comprehension level. You will get your reading speed as soon as you have finished your http://www.readingsoft.com/

Speed Reading Test Online Speed Reading Test FReader Testimonials Security Ordering ... FAQ Is Speed Reading for You? ReadingSoft . com A re you an efficient reader? W hat kind of reader are you? Y ou will know in a few minutes after you have completed this free online speed reading test. Y ou will get your reading speed as soon as you have finished your timed reading. Y ou may then perform a comprehension test with a series of questions about the text you have just read. The Reading Highway Instructions G et ready to read, click the Start button and start reading. T he button starts the timer. D on't speed but read normally to find your present reading level. Click the Stop button as soon as you have finished. T his will stop the timer and display your reading speed. B efore you start the real test you may click Start , scroll down without reading, then click Stop to see what happens. Y ou may also size the window of your browser to adjust column width. Speed Reading Test Reading is becoming more and more important in the new knowledge economy and remains the most effective human activity for transforming information into knowledge. If top readers read at speeds of above 1000 words per minute (wpm) with near 85% comprehension, they only represent 1% of readers. Average readers are the majority and only reach around 200 wpm with a typical comprehension of 60%. This seems surprising since most readers, actively reading work documents, newspapers, magazines, books or the contents of a computer display are practicing daily for at least one hour. With such an intense training everyone should be close to top performances.

3. Learning Skills Program - TIPS FOR INCREASING READING SPEED TIPS FOR INCREASING reading speed. Read more! 15 minutes a day of reading anaverage size novel equals 18 books a year at an average reading speed! http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/rdgspeed.html

TIPS FOR INCREASING READING SPEED As our eyes move across the page they make a series of jerky movements. Whenever they come to rest on a word that is called a fixation. Most people fixate once on each word across a line of print. In order to make our speed increase we must take in more words with each fixation, rather than make our eyes move faster. Try to avoid focusing on every word, but rather look at groups of 2 to 3 words. For instance, this sentence could be grouped in this manner: for instance / this sentence / could be grouped / in this manner Work on vocabulary improvement. Familiarize yourself with new words so you don't get stuck on them when you read them again. If you find yourself moving your lips when reading, force yourself to read faster by following (1.) above so that you can no longer move your lips. Read more! 15 minutes a day of reading an average size novel equals 18 books a year at an average reading speed! Determine your purpose before reading. If you only need main ideas, then allow yourself to skim the material. Don't feel you must read very word. Spend a few minutes a day reading at a faster than comfortable rate (about 2 to 3 times faster than your normal speed). Use your hand or an index card to guide your eyes down the page. Then time yourself reading a few pages at your normal speed. You'll find that often your normal reading speed will increase after your skimming practice.

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5. Mind Tools - Speed Reading SelfImprovement. Small Business. Speed Reading. Stress Management. Time Management will be able to increase your reading speed a certain amount on your own by applying speed reading http://www.mindtools.com/speedrd.html

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6. 512 - BRIEF SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING SPEED Difficulty and purpose determine how to read a selection. College students (especially)must realize that there are reading speeds, not just one reading speed. http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/512.html

BRIEF SUGGESTIONS FOR INCREASING SPEED AND EFFECTIVENESS OF READING CONSIDERATIONS AND LIMITATIONS Slow, word-by-word, analytical reading is an essential part of some reading tasks. Often, however, when time demands and purpose permits, the reader must possess the capacity to "switch gears" i.e., to absorb the ideas and information in books at more rapid speeds. By no means should this high-level "speed reading" be interpreted as applicable to all types of reading situations. Its development will, however, enable the mature reader to add an additional dimension to the scope of his/her current reading skills. CAUSES OF SLOW READING SPEEDS Individual variables intelligence, motivation, physiological and psychological traits. Deficiencies in vocabulary and comprehension levels required by the particular reading material. A student who has difficulty understanding what he/she reads will not be helped by learning to misunderstand faster. A student who is hampered by an inadequate vocabulary will not be helped by learning to skip any faster through unknown or vaguely defined words. Most frequent causes of unnecessarily slow speeds when the causes listed in A and B above are at adequate levels: Inflexibility the tendency to read everything the same way regardless of what it is, why it is being read, etc.

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8. Reading Efficiently By Dennis Doyle Glendale Community College. Provides simple motion techniques to increase reading speed. http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/methods.html

Self-Pacing Methods by Dennis Doyle Speed Reading Self-Pacing Methods Speed reading is not magic nor is it a big expensive mystery. Professional speed reading classes simply teach a handful of easy techniques that help a person focus his or her attention better. The eye is drawn to motion. Speed reading techniques put that motion on the page. Your starting position is important. You should sit up straight, hold the book down with your left hand, and use your right hand to do the pacing. You should already be a good reader before you attempt to speed read. Speed reading will not help you if you have problems in comprehension and vocabulary. In fact, it may hurt you to try to rush through stuff that you can't comprehend. You should have the basics down already first. Before you start speed reading, you should do a survey of the information first to get a general idea of what you will be covering and of the type of writing. The Methods The Hand The Card The Sweep The Hop ... The Zig-Zag Dennis Doyle ddoyle@mail.glendale.cc.ca.us

9. Speed Reading, Reading Improvement And Assessment - AceReader Software By StepWa StepWare, Inc. Creator of AceReader Speed Reading Software. AceReader important.More hours in your life as your reading speed increases. http://www.acereader.com/

Attention Parents, Teachers, Students, Business Executives and anyone else who wants to read faster Read Web Pages, E-mail and Documents faster! Improve Comprehension! Quick Introduction AceReader is referred to as: Reading Improvement Software; Reading Assessment Software; Productivity Reading Tool; Self-Improvement Educational Reading Tool; Speed Reading Software. It can be used to: (1) assess your current reading level; (2) improve your reading speed and comprehension, both online and offline; and (3) help you read faster while on the computer , by utilizing special display modes. In today's fast-paced information age, it is more important than ever to be a proficient reader. Everyone from high-powered executives to children just learning to read in grade school can benefit from AceReader. Our goal is to help you read faster, while maintaining or even improving your comprehension. When you accomplish this, reading becomes like watching a movie. It becomes fun to read because you're able to absorb

10. Reading Speed Comprehension Speed Comprehension. Reading is to the mind. what exercise is to the body. Richard Steele, English 16721729. Reading rates. Each type of reading has a different rate; an exciting novel is a quicker http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/reading.htm

11. Speed Reading Books A selection of speed reading books. 9, 4.3, Triple Your reading speed by WadeE. Cutler, $12.95, 35w. 10, 3.5, Speed Reading by Tony Buzan, $11.95, 24h. http://www.readingsoft.com/books.html

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13. 529 - Thoughts On Speed Reading OUR THOUGHTS ON SPEED READING. Not every student is ready to benefitfrom learning methods of increasing reading speed. A student http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/529.html

OUR THOUGHTS ON SPEED READING Not every student is ready to benefit from learning methods of increasing reading speed. A student who has difficulty understanding what he or she reads will not be helped by learning to misunderstand faster. Rather, techniques for deriving meaning from one's reading are more helpful. A student who is hampered by a limited vocabulary will be helped more by building word knowledge, so that puzzling over unknown words will not slow one down. But what about college students whose reading comprehension and vocabulary are already strong enough to meet the demand of college reading? How much faster can they be taught to read? IN THE FIRST PLACE , the terms "reading" and "speed" raise immediate semantic questions. What is reading? Seeing every word? Or only skimming through the material hitting the key words and highlights? What is speed? Does it include time for reflection and emotional reaction and time for an occasional chuckle? How much of a motivational buildup preceded the actual timed reading sequence? How familiar was the reader with the material before the timed reading sequence began? SECOND , a reader's ability to increase speed significantly depends upon many variables intelligence, physiological and psychological traits, motivation, diligence in out-of-class practice, general background of knowledge and previous reading experience, etc. No one can predict how much any one person will improve from pre-test to post-test. It's fun, and sometimes dramatic to quote the averages, but there are always those above and below them.

14. Mind Tools - Speed Reading Speed Reading Radically Increasing Your reading speed. How to Use Tool Learnimproved Reading Strategies and increase your reading speed still further http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_03.htm

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15. TurboRead Speed Reading Speed reading, comprehension improvement, memory techniques, mind mapping,study methods and exam tips, office reading and computer screens. http://www.turboread.com/

Stop suffering under the modern reading overload With TurboRead you will gain total control over all forms of written information What is reading overload? Too much to read in too little time? Concentration and mind-drift while reading? Cannot remember what you have been reading? Sore eyes and fatigue while reading - reading puts you to sleep? Skip-reading because you are running out of time? A few questions that you need answers for: School taught you how to read, but not fast and efficient reading - why not? They did not teach you a reliable study method? There are many expensive memory courses - why are BETTER MEMORY SKILLS not standard curriculum at schools, colleges and universities? Can any sighted human learn speed reading? Does speed reading take the fun out of recreation reading? Is speed reading real reading, or just skip or skim reading? Does success in speed reading depend on the reader's IQ? Should I constantly practice to maintain a fast reading speed? You will find the answers to these questions, and much more about slow reading and fast, efficient reading on this web site.

16. TurboRead: Reading Speed Checks Test your reading speed and comprehension online. You can test your speedin light reading matter and in technical, studytype information. http://www.turboread.com/read_checks.htm

Test your reading speed and comprehension online. You can test your speed in light reading matter and in technical, study-type information. Note your reading speed after reading the whole extract, then take the comprehension and recall test, without looking back to check your answers. Do this to get a true reflection of your reading and memory skill. Reading speed is calculated in words per minute (WPM), the number of words transferred to your brain per minute of reading time. Click on the link for words per minute for frequently asked questions (FAQs) about WPM and how to manually calculate your own reading speed. Light Reading Check For general purpose reading. No statistics or data Study Reading Check More difficult questions, with facts and figures Interpreting your own reading speed Your own reading speed compared with what is average and what is good Why You Read So Slowly The bad reading habits that slow you down TurboRead Home Page Return to the home page

17. Teaching Tips Tips for Increasing Your reading speed. Rereading words and phrases isa habit which will slow your reading speed down to a snail s pace. http://www.dsea.org/teachingtips/tips/readspeed.htm

HOME ABOUT DSEA TEACHING TIPS TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ... Writing Essays And Compositions Tips for Increasing Your Reading Speed Improvement of Reading Rate It is safe to say that almost anyone can double his speed of reading while maintaining equal or even higher comprehension. In other words, anyone can improve the speed with which he gets what he wants from his reading. The average college student reads between 250 and 350 words per minute on fiction and non-technical materials. A "good" reading speed is around 500 to 700 words per minute, but some people can read a thousand words per minute or even faster on these materials. What makes the difference? There are three main factors involved in improving reading speed: (1) the desire to improve, (2) the willingness to try new techniques and (3) the motivation to practice. Learning to read rapidly and well presupposes that you have the necessary vocabulary and comprehension skills. When you have advanced on the reading comprehension materials to a level at which you can understand college-level materials, you will be ready to speed reading practice in earnest.

18. Index DOS programs to assist in learning and building speed with Morse Code. CODET MORSE CODE TUTOR is a freeware program to study for the FCC Morse Code exam, while the shareware CODE-P will help you increase your code reading speed up to 25 WPM using a modified version of the Farnsworth method. http://home.earthlink.net/~rbeals/

Welcome to WA6EHL HOMEPAGE You are number to visit my Homepage since March 1,2001 Increase your Morse Code speed CODE-P (c) v4.0 uses a proven method to quickly increase your code reading speed to 25 WPM. Learn to receive the MORSE CODE in 30 DAYS CODE-T (c) v3.0 Morse Code Tutor will teach you, in eleven (11) easy lessons the 44 sounds that make up Letters, Numbers, Punctuation, and Work Signs SK, BT, AR, KN needed to pass your Novice or Tech Plus Amateur code test. GOOD PLACES TO VISIT Links to other Ham Radio Sites: The BOMB SQUAD 147.21 repeater group home page This RingSurf Amateur Radio Net Ring owned by WA6EHL Home Page Previous Skip Next Next 5 ... List Sites If you have any questions, feel free to write Richard Beals (me)

19. Road To Reading - Improve Reading Speed And Comprehension For Free Free speed reading course available from the Road to Reading project of READ, anonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement of literacy and education http://www.roadtoreading.org/

The lessons should be completed at the rate of one per week thus allowing meaningful practice between each section. The free course also includes a free online tutoring service. Our instructors have more than 30 years of experience with classroom presentation of The Advanced Reading Course. As a non-profit organization, our aim is to develop far beyond average reading skills for our students. Today's demands on your knowledge and time can only be met by outstanding reading ability. Don't let poor reading skills hold you back! Once learned these skills are yours for a lifetime. Order your FREE course today! Is this you? Have you ever wished that you could read faster with better comprehension? Have you heard fantastic claims of people reading a book in one hour? Is there just too much reading to do? Do you have books, documents and articles that you intend to read when you have the time? Do you read only what is absolutely necessary? Do you have time to read the latest novel, or subscribe to your favorite magazine?

20. The RM: EXTENSIVE READING: SPEED AND COMPREHENSION By Timothy Bell Some subheadings include What is Reading?, Mental Processing, Reading and StudySkills, Reading College Texts, Speed Reading Strategies, SQ4R and PQ4R http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/bell/

The Reading Matrix Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2001 EXTENSIVE READING: SPEED AND COMPREHENSION Timothy Bell Abstract Introduction Background Studies Method The following hypothesis were tested in the study: Learners in the 'extensive' group will achieve significantly faster reading speeds than those in the 'intensive' group as measured on relatively easy, non-problematic texts. Learners in the 'extensive' group will achieve significantly higher scores on a test of reading comprehension containing texts at an appropriate level, than those in the 'intensive' group. In measuring reading speed, subjects were first assured that the exercise would not form part of their assessment and they were then told to read at normal speed. They were given a time limit of three minutes and told that when the researcher banged on the desk they were to mark the word they had reached with a cross (x). Measurements were taken twice using selected texts (see appendix 1). Speeds were then calculated in words per minute and tabulated. For the reading comprehension tests, a time limit of 30 minutes was set for each test. Brief examples of how to complete test items were provided, examination conditions established, and the tests administered. All tests were administered prior to the study in September 1993, and again on completion in February 1994.

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