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2. Speed reading - Wikipedia

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   Skimming is a process of speed reading that involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to the main idea or when reading an essay, it can mean reading the beginning and ending for summary information, then optionally the first sentence of each paragraph to quickly determine whether to seek still more detail, as determined by the questions or purpose of the reading.

3. Reading comprehension - Wikipedia

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   Reading comprehension is the ability to process written text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows. [1][2][3][4] Reading comprehension relies on two abilities that are connected to each other: word reading and language comprehension. [5] Comprehension specifically is a "creative, multifaceted process" that ...

4. Evelyn Wood (teacher) - Wikipedia

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   August 26, 1995. (1995-08-26) (aged 86) Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Evelyn Nielsen Wood (January 8, 1909 – August 26, 1995) was an American educator and businessperson, widely known for popularizing speed reading, although she preferred the phrase "dynamic reading". She created and marketed a system said to increase a reader's speed over ...

5. Words per minute - Wikipedia

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   Words per minute is a common metric for assessing reading speed and is often used in the context of remedial skills evaluation, as well as in the context of speed reading, where it is a controversial measure of reading performance. A word in this context is the same as in the context of speech. Research done in 2012 [11] measured the speed at ...

6. Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course - Wikipedia

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   Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course. " Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course " is a parody skit of the numerous speed reading courses available in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s written by Cheech and Chong that first appeared on the 1973 album Los Cochinos. The title refers to the Evelyn Wood course. Introduced by Tommy Chong, the ...

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8. Simple view of reading - Wikipedia

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   The simple view of reading is that reading is the product of decoding and language comprehension. In this context, “reading” refers to “reading comprehension”, “decoding” is simply recognition of written words [1] and “language comprehension” means understanding language, whether spoken or written. Decoding (D) x (Oral) Language ...

9. National Reading Panel - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The National Reading Panel (NRP) was a United States government body formed in 1997 at the request of Congress, it was a national panel with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read. The panel was created by Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ...