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I don't think a cold reading of a 250-word passage accurately reflects reading speeds and comprehension ability unless all you want to measure is "cold reading" ability--something most of us just don't do unless we're taking some type of standardized exam with time limits. It simply doesn't take into account reading abilities under other circumstances. Furthermore, reading any passage out of context will undoubtedly impair comprehension ability. I bet that if the sample had allowed us to read a paragraph or so before this one, reading speeds would have been a bit faster and comprehension better. You have to warm up your reading skills a bit--I know from my own experience that once I get into a story, it tends to go much more rapidly.
--Jimmy
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If you read twice as fast as your mind can get it, by glossing over, by skipping the examples (as speed-reading advice suggests), by deciding on your own what's important, you're only getting "what you're paying for."
I speed read (in my own fashion) junk mail. But I'd hate to think my surgeon skipped the examples of botched surgeries because he was sure of his/her grasp of the text.
--Dave Drolet
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GeeIthinkthereadingaloudpartwaswaytoofast!!
Read the above line and answer the following questions:
1) Was there a point to it?
2) What was the author trying to prove?
3) Why are you wasting time with this exercise?
--Gary
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When I think back on all the years I've wasted, reading books to find beauty and understand human nature, when this quiz makes clear that I should have been paying attention to where people SAT!
--The_Imp
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Highlights from The Fray:
I don't think a cold reading of a 250-word passage accurately reflects reading speeds and comprehension ability unless all you want to measure is "cold reading" ability--something most of us just don't do unless we're taking some type of standardized exam with time limits. It simply doesn't take into account reading abilities under other circumstances. Furthermore, reading any passage out of context will undoubtedly impair comprehension ability. I bet that if the sample had allowed us to read a paragraph or so before this one, reading speeds would have been a bit faster and comprehension better. You have to warm up your reading skills a bit--I know from my own experience that once I get into a story, it tends to go much more rapidly.
--Jimmy
(To reply, click here.)
If you read twice as fast as your mind can get it, by glossing over, by skipping the examples (as speed-reading advice suggests), by deciding on your own what's important, you're only getting "what you're paying for."
I speed read (in my own fashion) junk mail. But I'd hate to think my surgeon skipped the examples of botched surgeries because he was sure of his/her grasp of the text.
--Dave Drolet
(To reply, click here.)
GeeIthinkthereadingaloudpartwaswaytoofast!!
Read the above line and answer the following questions:
1) Was there a point to it?
2) What was the author trying to prove?
3) Why are you wasting time with this exercise?
--Gary
(To reply, click here.)
When I think back on all the years I've wasted, reading books to find beauty and understand human nature, when this quiz makes clear that I should have been paying attention to where people SAT!
--The_Imp
(To reply, click here.)
(2/21)