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Can the Mind Speed Read?
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
College Reading Instruction: Past, Present and Future.
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Pauk, 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
A Notetaking Format: Magical but Not Automatic
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1978
Suggests that the form of note-taking has less significance than the process which goes along with effective note-taking, namely, thinking, summarizing, reciting, and reviewing. (TJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Secondary Education
The Study Skills Corner: The R that Educates
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1975
Suggests that reflection is an important study skill. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Study Skills! That's the Answer!
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Pauk, Walter – Reading Improvement, 1973
Advocates the teaching of study skills in place of speed reading in college reading programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
The Study Skills Corner: To Skim or Not to Skim
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Pauk, 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
A New Way to Skim.
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1983
Explains how a teacher taught his class the value of skimming in developing reading comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
The Study Skills Corner--Textbook Systems: Carrying A Good Thing too Far
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1974
Presents a simplified version of several reading systems which contains all the essential techniques for mastering textbook assignments. (RB)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Development
Epilogue: Do College Students Use Shorthand?
Pauk, Walter – Reading Impr, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Fatigue (Biology), Learning Activities
The Study Skills Corner: Setting the Stage for Textbook Mastery
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1974
Stresses the importance of recitation as a study skill that retards the rapid rate at which individuals forget, citing the experiments of A. I. Gates who revealed that merely reading textual materials is not effective in learning. (RB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory
Preparing for Exams.
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1984
Offers tips on how to prepare for test taking, including taking notes, reading textbooks, reviewing, and approaching the test with a positive attitude. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Student Role, Study Skills
Two Essential Study Skills for the Community College Student
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Pauk, Walter – Reading World, 1973
States that the two skills essential for success in college are the ability to retain materials and study effectively. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Memory, Reading Comprehension, Retention (Psychology)
Some Factors that Influence Academic Achievement
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Pauk, Walter – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Extracurricular Activities, Health Conditions
Techniques for Textbook Study
Pauk, Walter – Reading Impr, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Intellectual Development