Suggestions For Improving Speed Reading And Effectiveness
or in the foreword that gives you ideas about the content of the story or about the author’s reasons for writing the book.
Read the first chapter slowly and carefully. It should introduce the main characters and the problem or conflict that they face. The first chapter also develops some character traits and introduces other characters who influence attempts to resolve issues.
Plan how much of the book you will read at one sitting. If you become seriously restless after thirty minutes, plan to read for thirty minutes at a time. A more mature plan is to read one chapter at a time.
Determine what time of day you will always read making it a regular habit.
If reading a novel is an assignment for a book report, write a summary paragraph about the events in every chapter you have finished reading. Add a comment about anything else you think is significant. After you finish the last chapter, you should have a summary of the entire book composed of those chapter summaries that you wrote. Organizing it will then give you a good and effective book report.
You can also use a pacer such as the finger or a pen point to increase reading speed and reduce regressing back although it is not necessary. Remember, you are reading fiction and do not need the detailed precision that you do while reading academic subjects.
First and foremost, do homework exercises even if most professors do not require you to submit them. Home works are for your benefit, not the professor’s. The exercises will train your mind and sharpen your intuition.
Math books are meant to be read slowly. No one who speed reads them can expect to get any benefit out of them at all.
Math books are meant to be read with paper and pencil in hand. Use the paper and pencil to work through any steps that the book skips over.
Go over each difficult paragraph several times. If you are still uncomfortable with it, read ahead a page or so, then come back to the difficult passage.
Try to see more than just procedures. Learn the concepts, and the procedures will seem obvious.
4. Reading Math Books
First and foremost, do homework exercises even if most professors do not require you to submit them. Home works are for your benefit, not the professor’s. The exercises will train your mind and sharpen your intuition.
Math books are meant to be read slowly. No one who speed reads them can expect to get any benefit out of them at all.
Math books are meant to be read with paper and pencil in hand. Use the paper and pencil to work through any steps that the book skips over.
Go over each difficult paragraph several times. If you are still uncomfortable with it, read ahead a page or so, then come back to the difficult passage.
Try to see more than just procedures. Learn the concepts, and the procedures will seem obvious.
Activate Reading Method
During activation, you stimulate the brain, probing the mind with questions and exploring parts of the text to which you feel most attracted. You then concentrate on the most important parts of the text by scanning quickly down the center of each page or column of type. When you feel it is appropriate, you dip into the text for more focused reading to comprehend the details. When you activate, you involve your whole brain, connect the text with your conscious awareness, and achieve your goals for reading