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    This document provides guidance on rapid reading techniques and goals. It recommends setting reading speed goals based on reading purpose and material complexity, from 300-600 words per minute (wpm) for thorough comprehension to over 500 wpm for general understanding. An "alarm clock reading" exercise is described to increase speed, involving timing 15-minute reading sessions and paraphrasing content to check comprehension without relying on memory of details. Regular practice is emphasized for improving reading rate through developing comfortable, rapid eye movements without pausing within sections.

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    This document provides guidance on rapid reading techniques and goals. It recommends setting reading speed goals based on reading purpose and material complexity, from 300-600 words per minute (wpm) for thorough comprehension to over 500 wpm for general understanding. An "alarm clock reading" exercise is described to increase speed, involving timing 15-minute reading sessions and paraphrasing content to check comprehension without relying on memory of details. Regular practice is emphasized for improving reading rate through developing comfortable, rapid eye movements without pausing within sections.

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    This document provides guidance on rapid reading techniques and goals. It recommends setting reading speed goals based on reading purpose and material complexity, from 300-600 words per minute (wpm) for thorough comprehension to over 500 wpm for general understanding. An "alarm clock reading" exercise is described to increase speed, involving timing 15-minute reading sessions and paraphrasing content to check comprehension without relying on memory of details. Regular practice is emphasized for improving reading rate through developing comfortable, rapid eye movements without pausing within sections.

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    Rapid Reading
    The overriding goal of any rapid reading training should be to gain greater control over the rate at which one reads. The chart below presents realistic rate goals that vary according to the readers purpose.

    DEPTH

    EXAMPLE

    PURPOSE

    SPEED RANGE to 300 wpm

    COMP. GOALS 90% +

    Deepest: complex or dense

    Technical text, poetry, legal brief, problem solutions

    Thorough mastery. No background in subject.

    Normal: expository, supplemental Light: general interest No depth: skimming

    Textbook, novel, Basic general monograph comprehension and recall Newspapers, catalogues Optional course text, library references Enjoyment

    300-600 wpm

    70%

    500 + wpm

    None

    Overview, alternate perspective, preview Locating information

    600 + wpm

    Selective, to 50%

    No depth: scanning

    Index, telephone book

    Fastest

    Specifics to 100%

    How fast you read should depend upon your comprehension goal. The less detail you need to remember, the faster you should read. Conversely, the more detail you need to remember, the slower you should read.

    Increasing Your Reading Speed: Alarm Clock Reading


    Choose an easy, interesting, relatively familiar subject matter for this exercise. You do not want to be fighting your own boredom at the same time that you are trying to increase your reading speed. The simpler paperback novels based on a theme in which you are intensely interested and written in a fast-moving style lend themselves well to the development of rapid reading skills. 1. Select a novel or book of easy non-fiction. Keep the book for this purpose only. 2. Set an alarm clock or timer to go off after 15 minutes of reading. 3. Read the book as rapidly as possible until the alarm rings. Try to get the same feeling of speed you have when under class time-pressure. 4. When the alarm rings, note the number of pages you have read. For example, 5 1/4, 7 1/2, etc. Do not count the words. Now close the book. 5. Paraphrase out loud the material you have read. You will be much more conscious of the fact that you did not remember very well if you paraphrase out loud. Remember, speed without recall of what you read is useless. 6. At the next reading, strive for more rapid reading. In order to break the habit of slow, plodding reading on easy material, you must press yourself into reading at an uncomfortable rate at the outset. As long as comfortable rates are maintained, no gain in speed is achieved. 7. Allow you eyes to sweep rapidly along each line of print, but do not pause to reflect until a whole section has been completed. 8. Do this exercise every day. Sporadic and infrequent exercises will have little value. Keep your record up to date so you can see your progress. Try to read a few more lines each time.

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