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Pauk, Walter – Journal of the Reading Specialist, 1970
Points out the physiological impossibility of reading 50,000 words per minute and argues that speed reading is an inefficient, if not disastrous, technique to use in studying. Bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Reading Comprehension, Speed Reading, Study Skills
Download full textPauk, Walter – 1968
Topics and practices related to college reading instruction are discussed. Reading is seen as a skill which permeates the entire process of study. Speed reading techniques such as increasing eye span, ceasing vocalizations, and reading vertically down the page are criticized as hampering rather than facilitating the comprehension process. The most…
Descriptors: College Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Speed Reading
Peer reviewedPauk, Walter – Reading World, 1975
Suggests that learning to skim reading materials is an important study skill. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Pauk, Walter – Reading Impr, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Intellectual Development
