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[Martin Naylor <martinwnaylor AT yahoo.com.au>]

hi
here are some of the easist ways to remember

martin 
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• From: "Aldo" <aldolilly8 AT yahoo.co.uk>
• To: wwbc AT yahoogroups.com
• Subject: [wwbc] Re: Speed Reading (Smart Reading)
• Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:54:20 -0000

Hello Henrique

In general it is a good idea to follow a kind of reading system to
help you cover all the bases (for improvement at least).  SQ3R is just
one. 

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html

Also, using a note making system which encourages you to actively
reflect and connect new information into your long term memory will help

http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html

Here is a very broad source to pick and choose from:
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/services/counselling/studyskills/sites.htm

And here is a great source explaining how some of the most useful
study methods actually work:
http://www.memory-key.com/StudyHall.htm

Practice is also important.  Its amazing how a well practiced
newspaper reader can get through a broadsheet and be able to talk your
head off about the various stories.  And a prof can get through heaps
of very "dense" academic papers in a few hours and be able to write
very in-depth reports about them.

What kind of material would you like to read and learn from faster?
Novels, textbooks, the web?  They will require slightly different
approaches because they often follow a different structure.  Also,
what is your goal?  Just for fun, for increasing knowledge
specifically, for passing exams?

As a very general method, I use SQ3R but with reflection/free
association stages after the questioning and instead of review.
Cornell note taking really encourages a great deal of active
processing, and its probably the most efficient noting system out
there.  I also like visual mnemonics and use a story system (in fact I
try to apply a story perspective to everything I read).  These all
work well together for speeding up learning and reading texts longer
than a few pages.

Cheers
Aldo








--- In wwbc AT yahoogroups.com, Henrique Athayde <henriqueat@g...> wrote:
> Right Aldo, I understand what you mean. Then, what kind of techniques
> do you recommend for people who wants to learn more in less time?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henrique
>
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:55:37 -0000, Aldo <aldolilly8@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Henrique
> >
> > It is possible to scan at about 2-3 lines at a time, but not to read
> > with good (above 75%) comprehension. So if you have never really tried
> > skimming or scanning then this method may possibly help you to have a
> > go at skimming.  But really don't fall for the cyclopic perception
> > with "full comprehension" nonsense because it is really just a con
> > (the end of chapter tests are really not for reading comprehension).
> >
> > However, there's a whole world of things you can do with study
> > techniques to improve speed of reading a textbook chapter with good
> > comprehension, there are some great memory strategies to improve
> > retention, and plenty of good thinking strategies to help you reflect.
> > A lot of them overlap (eg, questioning and using imagery strategies).
> > None of it involves reading at breakneck speed (you'll hurt you neck
> > doing that:)
> >
> > Speedreading is a horribly confusing term.  Best avoided!
> > Cheers
> > Aldo
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In wwbc AT yahoogroups.com, Henrique Athayde <henriqueat@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi people,
> > >
> > > I was reading Tony Buzan's "Speed Reading Book" and it tells us to
> > > train reading 2 or 3 lines at once, which looks pretty hard to me.
> > > Have anyone here tried that? Is it really possible?
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Henrique Athayde
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Also see the collabarative Mentat Wiki at http://ludism.org/mentat for
> > information on how to become a better thinker.
> >
> >
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