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Direct linkKlimovich, Marina; Tiffin-Richards, Simon P.; Richter, Tobias – Journal of Research in Reading, 2023
Background: Commercial speed-reading training programs are typically marketed with the promise to dramatically increase reading speed without impairing comprehension. From the perspective of reading psychology, it seems quite unlikely that speed-reading training can indeed have such effects. However, research on the effectiveness of modern…
Descriptors: Speed Reading, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Metacognition
Download full textFrancy Lorena García; Edgar Willian Jurado Soto – HOW, 2024
Silent reading frequently entails engaging the "inner voice," a phenomenon in which individuals sub-vocally articulate words in their minds. This inner voice is understood to stem from the internalization process, wherein external verbal speech transitions into internal dialogue. However, the mechanisms through which foreign language…
Descriptors: Inner Speech (Subvocal), Speed Reading, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension
Okazaki, Hironobu; Hashimoto, Shinichi; Fukuda, Eri; Nitta, Haruhiko; Kido, Kazuhiko – Research-publishing.net, 2012
As extensive reading becomes more commonplace in the EFL/ESL classroom, there is a rise in the number of instructors and administrators who are looking for cost-effective and space-saving methods to carry out extensive reading activities. Two extensive reading systems to respond to such concerns were developed with the support of a Grant-in-Aid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Program Development, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedSherrill, Mary; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes an eight-day high-intensity speed reading course offered in a high school as an alternative to classroom reading instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, High Schools, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Scheele, Paul R. – 1993
Presenting techniques for using the whole mind, this book describes PhotoReading, a reading program that teaches not just how to read faster, but how to learn at speeds many times faster than before. The book notes that PhotoReading teaches readers how to "mentally photograph" the written page directly into their "other-than-conscious" mind,…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
Tompkins, Stephen R. – 1979
A speed reading/scholarship skills course was offered to college-bound students in the Dallas, Texas, school system in 1977-78. Approximately 1,700 students took the 60-day elective course in 20 different high schools. As measured by the Nelson-Denny Standardized Reading Test and compared to college freshman norms, students registered the…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Gifted, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedLabmeier, Angela M.; Vockell, Edward L. – Reading Horizons, 1973
Descriptors: Grade 9, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedBrooks, Clifford C. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reports on changes initiated to assist college students with less than adequate reading skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Habits
Peer reviewedJensen, Shirley – Roeper Review, 1979
The article describes a reading program for gifted high school students which includes speed reading, vocabulary development, spelling, advanced study skills, and a research paper. (PHR)
Descriptors: Gifted, Program Descriptions, Reading Programs, Research Skills
Dwyer, Edward J.; West, Russell F. – Forum for Reading, 1989
Investigates whether a freshman reading improvement training program will produce gains in reading rate (normal reading rate, not skimming). Finds positive results for the program. (SR)
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedDembo, Myron H.; Wilson, Donald A. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Grade 7, Performance Contracts, Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs
Agardy, Franklin J. – 1981
Written so that the reader participates almost as if in a game, this book is aimed at achieving five goals: reading faster, understanding better, remembering longer, learning more easily, and thinking more clearly. Chapters discuss the following: (1) reading dynamics; (2) Evelyn Wood; (3) how to increase reading speed; (4) how to increase…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedMiller, Lyle L. – Educational Leadership, 1973
The essential point of this article is the value of reading comprehension as compared to the value of reading rate. (RK)
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Innovation, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Varat, Nancy – Reading Newsreport, 1972
Describes a performance contract for average and above average students. (RB)
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Educational Technology, Educational Television, Performance Contracts
Reading Newsreport, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Programs, College Students, Prisoners, Reading Comprehension
