Synopses & Reviews
Improve Your Reading, fifth edition, is not a gimmicky speed-reading method. This book presents a practical way to increase what you learn from texts, notes, and additional resources. The core belief is that it doesn't matter how much or how fast you read but how much you understand and remember what you are reading. This new and updated version provides fundamentals of reading across disciplines (literary classics and math textbooks) as well as styles (science journals and class notes.) Whether reading textbooks or your own notes, you will learn effective reading comprehension skills required for success in high school, college, and throughout life.
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...helpful for students of all ages from high school up.
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Here is the key to any child's academic success.
Synopsis
No gimmicky speed-reading method, Improve Your Reading presents a practical way to increase what an individual learns from texts, notes, and resources. It's not how much or how fast one can read that matters, but how much one can understand and remember. Whether reading texts or their own notes, the reader will learn effective reading comprehension skills required for success in high school, college, and throughout life.
About the Author
Ron Fry is a nationally known proponent for the improvement of public education and an advocate for parents and students playing an active role in strengthening personal education programs. In addition to being the author of the best selling How to Study series, which has sold over two million copies to date, Fry has written more than 30 different books with the intention of providing resources to assist in education reform to realize his ultimate goal of achieving optimum student success.
Table of Contents
1. The Basis of All Study Skills. 2. Reading with Purpose. 3. Finding the Main Idea. 4. Gathering the Facts. 5. The Challenge of Technical Texts. 6. Becoming a Critical Reader. 7. Reading the Literature. 8. Focusing your Mind. 9. Retaining the Information. 10. Let's Read up on ADD. 11. Build your Own Library. 12. Reading: A Lifelong Activity