![]() ![]() “Reading” at an outrageous pace certainly decreases understanding of the text. For most people, it is not outside the limits of possibility to increase their reading speed past 600 words per minute, which is more than double than what the average American can read.ĭoes speed reading affect comprehension? It certainly does. So, is it really possible to increase your reading speed? Yes. Also, as you might have guessed, faster isn’t always better. The lesson here is really quite simple: there is, in fact, a great deal of deception in the field of speed reading. In 1998, he had a lawsuit filed against him for deceptive advertising. On a number of television programs Berg demonstrates near perfect recall and excellent reading. They took Berg at his word, and it seems that he completely invented the number. But, once you start to look into the record, you’ll see that the officials at Guinness, at the time, weren’t well known for verifying the records they posted, and this was, in fact, not a record that they checked. ![]() Berg claimed to be able to read over 80 pages of text in one minute, a reading speed of about 25,000 words per minute. In the 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, Howard Stephen Berg was listed as the fastest reader in the world. Here’s some background on speed reading and the facts that will help debunk a number of speed reading myths. Using simple speed reading techniques, as well as other self-monitoring reading strategies, can improve both rate and comprehension. However, upper elementary and secondary teachers usually assume that the rate and accuracy of their students’ silent reading fluency is static. We all know that fluency is highly correlated with reading comprehension. Primary and intermediate elementary teachers do a great job of assessing oral reading fluency and helping students improve their fluency rates and accuracy. ![]() And it comes with a powerful resource that teachers will want to test-pilot to measure their students’ silent reading fluency. However, this informative article on speed reading is well-worth reading. I don’t normally post articles by other authors. ![]()
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