How to Read Faster and Recall More

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 You're 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
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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
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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
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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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