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Chapter 20 Outline and Learning Goals
In this chapter you will learn to
Build your reading rate
Develop your reading flexibility
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Build Your Reading Rate
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• Avoid Roadblocks to Reading Efficiency
• Preview to Familiarize Yourself with the Material
• Eliminate Regressions
• Read in Meaning Clusters(continued)
Learning Goals
Develop Your Reading Flexibility
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• Learn to Pace Yourself
• Use Rereading to Build Speed
Learning Goals
Develop Your Reading Flexibility
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• You Don’t Have to Read Everything
• Skimming Techniques
• Demonstration of Skimming
• How to Skim-Read
• Scanning Techniques
Learning Goals
Which poor reading habit can actually help you understand difficult material?
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a. Moving your head as you read.b. Moving your lips or whispering aloud as you
read.c. Moving your finger across the line as you read.d. Using a cursor to keep your place online as you
read.
Which poor reading habit can actually help you understand difficult material?
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a. Moving your head as you read.b. Moving your lips or whispering aloud as you
read.c. Moving your finger across the line as you read.d. Using a cursor to keep your place online as you
read.
Build Your Reading Rate
Which sentence is divided into meaningful clusters?
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a. Try / to / highlight / no / more / than / one / third / of / a / page.
b. Try to highlight no more than / one third of a page.
c. Try to highlight / no more than / one third / of a page.
d. Try to / highlight / no more / than one / third of / a page.
Which sentence is divided into meaningful clusters?
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a. Try / to / highlight / no / more / than / one / third / of / a / page.
b. Try to highlight no more than / one third of a page.
c. Try to highlight / no more than / one third / of a page.
d. Try to / highlight / no more / than one / third of / a page.
Build Your Reading Rate
If you decide to try pacing, what are you planning to do?
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a. Predict what an author is going to say about a topic.
b. Allow yourself frequent regressions within a paragraph.
c. Become familiar with the material before you begin reading it.
d. Push yourself to read faster than normal while maintaining your comprehension.
If you decide to try pacing, what are you planning to do?
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a. Predict what an author is going to say about a topic.
b. Allow yourself frequent regressions within a paragraph.
c. Become familiar with the material before you begin reading it.
d. Push yourself to read faster than normal while maintaining your comprehension.
Build Your Reading Rate
What type of assignment is most appropriate for accelerated reading?
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a. Analyzing poetry.b. Evaluating an argumentative essay.c. Reading a textbook chapter.d. Gaining an overview of a reference book.
What type of assignment is most appropriate for accelerated reading?
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a. Analyzing poetry.b. Evaluating an argumentative essay.c. Reading a textbook chapter.d. Gaining an overview of a reference book.
Develop Your Reading Flexibility
What is the purpose of scanning?
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a. To locate the answer to a question.b. To be sure you understand complex material.c. To become familiar with topics and main ideas.d. To review material you have already read.
What is the purpose of scanning?
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a. To locate the answer to a question.b. To be sure you understand complex material.c. To become familiar with topics and main ideas.d. To review material you have already read.
Develop Your Reading Flexibility
What is skimming most like?
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a. Outlining.b. Paraphrasing.c. Previewing.d. Summarizing.