How to Read Faster and Recall More

18darkredHow to Read Faster and Recall More
by Gordon Wainwright


Contents 1 The Starting Point 1 Reading speed and post-reading recall 1 The structure of the programme 2 The first stage 2 Exercise: One of Our Tankers is Missing 3 Exercise: If Youre Going Back to San Francisco 6 Assessment of results 8 The next step 8 Further practice 9 Chapter summary 10 2 Aims and Objectives 11 Setting your targets 11 Other aims and objectives 11 A lifelong process 12 Exercise: The Great Cash Register Mystery 13 Assessment of results 15 Further practice 15 Chapter summary 15 3 Basic Methods for Improvement 17 Stage three 17 Setting time limits 17 Being motivated and confident 18 Do you need your eyesight checking? 19 Exercise: The Right Person 19 Assessment of results 22 v vi / HOW TO READ FASTER AND RECALL MORE ... Further practice 22 Chapter summary 22 4 The Mechanics of Reading 23 How your eyes move when you are reading 23 Characteristics of the mature reader: mechanical differences 24 Psychological differences 26 Educational differences 27 Learning techniques to address these problems 27 Exercise: It Never Rains but it Pours 29 Assessment of results 32 Further practice 32 Chapter summary 32 5 Comprehension and Critical Reading 34 Reading speed and comprehension 34 Effective Reading Rate 34 Reading comprehension 35 Factors affecting comprehension 36 Improving comprehension 37 Using questions to read critically 39 Exercise: The Missing Painting 41 Assessment of results 43 Further practice 43 Chapter summary 44 6 Techniques of Retention 45 Retention is not the problem 45 Improving retention: qualities of information 45 Improving retention: helpful techniques 47 Exercise: One Not So Careful Lady Owner 48 Assessment of results 51 Further practice 52 Chapter summary 52 CONTENTS / vii 7 Techniques for Recall 53 Triggers 53 Questions 53 Mnemonics 53 Exercise: One Gives Nothing So Freely as Advice 57 Assessment of results 59 Further practice 59 Chapter summary 60 8 Flexible Reading Strategies 61 Flexibility - the key to reading efficiently 61 Questions to promote flexibility 61 Reading gears 62 Using the gears 63 Strategies 63 Other techniques 65 Exercise: A Grey Day in Grayborough 66 Assessment of results 69 Further practice 69 Chapter summary 70 9 Skimming Strategies 71 Skimming techniques 71 Using skimming 72 Using skimming with other techniques 73 Exercise: The Nature of Economic Development 74 Exercise: Research and Economic Development 78 Learning the lessons 83 Assessment of results 84 Further practice 85 Chapter summary 85 10 Problems in Reading 86 Problems with particular kinds of materials 86 Other problem areas 93 viii / HOW TO READ FASTER AND RECALL MORE Working through your reading pile 95 Further practice 95 Chapter summary 95 11 The Finish Line 97 Exercise: Braking News 97 Exercise: Happy Pills 99 Assessment of results 101 12 Continuation and Follow-up 102 Continuing to improve 102 Only the beginning 103 Abstracts and digests 103 Delegation 104 Selective reading 104 Repeating the programme 104 Book summary 104 13 Record Keeping 109 Reading speed conversion table 109 Progress graphs 110 Answers to Questions 111 Further Reading 115

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