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Download full textBrozo, William G.; Johns, Jerry L. – 1986
Content and critical analyses of 40 speed reading books were undertaken to determine to what extent discussion and teaching reflected current research. Particular attention was given to the information provided on eye movements, span of recognition, and the upper rates of speed attainable through practice. Content analysis revealed the following:…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements, Reading Rate
Minery, Bonnie – 1988
A study examined the influence of the computer management feature of a commercially prepared speed reading software package on the reading rate and attitudes of college students towards computers as instructional tools. Subjects, 66 college freshman from lower-middle to middle socio-economic brackets (and divided into control and experimental…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Freshman Composition
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
GRIESE, ARNOLD A. – 1967
THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT READING INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM WAS EXAMINED. ALTHOUGH 75 PERCENT OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF READING INSTRUCTION, THE POSITION OF COLLEGE READING INSTRUCTION IS UNCERTAIN. THE READING COURSE HAS NO BODY OF PRINCIPLES WHICH CAN BE TAUGHT AND EXPANDED UPON.…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Reading, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading
Cramer, Steve – RELC Journal, 1975
The aims of this study are to discover what progress pupils can legitimately be expected to make in a speed reading program and to see whether this program can be applied most efficiently in English, the second language, or in Bahasa Malaysia, the national language. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Malay, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Native Speakers
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Investigates the reading rate and comprehension of a total of 16 individuals who represented four superior reading groups: speed readers, professionals, college students, and people who scored exceptionally high on tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Reading Ability
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
Peer reviewedSchale, Florence C. – Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 1971
The article describes the monocular performance of two gifted school girls while reading at page at a glance" rates. It also investigated implications for teaching the partially blind to read more rapidly. (MF)
Descriptors: Blindness, Partial Vision, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedWilliams, Ray – Reading, 1979
Discusses the origins of the interest in faster reading, oculomotor activity in reading in relation to eye movement and eye span, misapplication of eye movement data in courses designed to promote faster reading, and objections to some of the more common mechanical devices used in faster reading courses. (GT)
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Efficiency, Eye Fixations, Eye Movements
Stetson, Elton G. – 1973
After employees of private firms completed several rapid reading classes and achieved remarkable gains on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test, the question was raised as to whether the increases in scores were due to the increased number of items attempted on the posttest. A preliminary analysis indicated that students attempted an average of 14.6 and…
Descriptors: Adults, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Berger, Allen – 1970
Approximately 150 references to speed reading published during the past 40 years, including 50 new entries, are included in this revised annotated bibliography. The new entries relate mainly to research but also include some references to theoretical discussions. The references are grouped into the categories of tachistoscopic and controlled…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Processing, Measurement, Operant Conditioning
Labmeier, Angela M.; Vockell, Edward L. – 1971
Effects of a speed reading course on ninth-grade girls were studied at intervals of 3 and 6 months after completion of the course. The Perceptive Reading and Study Skills Course was administered to 94 students, and progress was evaluated using the Nelson-Denny Reading Tests. Results indicated that significant improvements in speed and…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Junior High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Berger, Allen – 1970
Approximately 150 references to speed reading published during the past 40 years, including 50 new entries, are included in this revised annotated bibliography. The new entries relate mainly to research but also include some references to theoretical discussions. The references are grouped into the categories of tachistoscopic and controlled…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Information Processing, Measurement, Operant Conditioning
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
