Mastering Reading Techniques

Why read 200 words per minute when you can double that speed with a little practice and the proper techniques? This guide covers everything you need to know about reading comprehension and speed reading. Through painstaking research, we have developed a 7-step strategy to help people double their reading speed! YOU WILL LEARN: - The fundamentals of speed reading. - Factors that affect reading comprehension. - Causes of reading difficulties in children and adults. - Solutions which you can employ to combat reading difficulties. - Benefits you can enjoy by learning to read fast. - Main techniques to improve speed reading. - Tips & tricks to improve your reading speed & comprehension. You will find a lot of practical wisdom in this guide to help you overcome the problem of slow reading and poor comprehension. As a result, you will be able to reverse any wrong reading techniques you may have developed earlier in life and become more skilled at reading fast the right way!

Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.

Mastering Academic Reading is meant to challenge advanced academically oriented students of English. The units and the readings within them are long. The comprehension and expansion exercises after them are demanding. The hoped-for outcome is that students trained using this textbook will be able to better hold their own in university classes where the reading volume across disciplines and vocabulary demands are high. Almost every reading is taken, in minimally adapted form, from a book or academic / professional journal. Two introductory passages have been composed expressly for this book in order to provide narrowly focused background material. Beyond these pieces, readers are in the hands of “real-world” authors and their difficult, lexically diffuse, and allusion-filled creations. Journal articles and book excerpts predominate, but Mastering Academic Reading also offers a book review and a government pamphlet as well. Since one aspect of reading practice builds on others, the units are laid out in tiers, not in sections. Each unit has been organized into three tiers. In general, there is one reading per tier, although the first tier in Unit 3 contains two passages (both necessary to provide conceptual background for the other two tiers). Each reading is 3,500-5,000 words. The book focuses on the three primary goals of academic reading: reading to learn; reading to integrate, write, and critique texts; and reading for basic comprehension.

Depicting with humor and insight the pressure to be outwardly perfect, this novel for ages 10-13 shows how one girl develops compassion for her own and others’ imperfections. For 13-year-old Isabelle Lee, whose father has recently died, everything's normal on the outside. Isabelle describes the scene at school with bemused accuracy--the self-important (but really not bad) English teacher, the boy that is constantly fixated on Ashley Barnum, the prettiest girl in class, and the dynamics of the lunchroom, where tables are turf in a all-eyes-open awareness of everybody's relative social position. But everything is not normal, really. Since the dealth of her father, Isabelle's family has only functioned on the surface. Her mother, who used to take care of herself, now wears only lumpy, ill-fitting clothes, cries all night, and has taken every picture of her dead husband and put them under her bed. Isabelle tries to make light of this, but the underlying tension is expressed in overeating and then binging. As the novel opens, Isabelle's little sister, April, has told their mother about Isabelle's problem. Isabelle is enrolled in group therapy. Who should show up there, too, but Ashley Barnum, the prettiest, most together girl in class.

In an age marked by an overwhelming abundance of information and an unceasing thirst for knowledge, the skill to navigate and comprehend academic texts stands as an invaluable asset. Whether you're a student, researcher, or lifelong learner, the techniques of academic reading and annotation can empower you to glean insight, engage with concepts, and tap into the treasure trove of knowledge embedded in scholarly works. This book serves as a comprehensive manual, aiming to shed light on the significance and advantages of employing effective approaches to academic reading and annotation. Its purpose is to provide guidance in enhancing your reading experience, fostering critical thinking, and amplifying your grasp of intricate ideas. Within its pages, you'll uncover strategies, tools, and insights to refine your academic reading prowess, empowering you to navigate the intellectual landscape with confidence. The core intention of academic reading transcends the mere consumption of information; it entails active engagement. Whether confronted with a research paper, a textbook, or a philosophical treatise, this guide empowers you to approach each text with discernment and strategy. By embracing methods like active reading, skimming, scanning, and analytical reading, you'll learn to extract essential ideas, identify arguments, and assess evidence. Furthermore, through the integration of effective annotation techniques such as highlighting, note-taking, and summarizing, you'll cultivate a personal reservoir of knowledge, accessible for future use and synthesis. The benefits of mastering these techniques stretch beyond academic endeavors, nurturing skills with broader applications. Proficiency in effective reading and annotation fosters critical thinking, sharpens problem-solving capabilities, and facilitates clear, precise communication of ideas. Additionally, these skills foster an enduring enthusiasm for learning, ensuring adaptability and curiosity in our swiftly evolving world. As you embark on your journey through the book's pages, consider it more than a mere manual. View it as a companion, guiding the development of a personal reading and annotation style that resonates with your unique strengths and preferences. The techniques presented aren't rigid directives; they're adaptable tools, shaped to suit your individual needs and the nature of encountered texts. By highlighting the essence of active reading and strategic annotation, this book equips readers with tools to confidently navigate intricate academic texts. Chapters delve into various techniques: skimming and scanning, highlighting, underlining, questioning, summarizing, and note-taking. This collective toolkit forms a comprehensive approach to academic success. We hold the belief that mastering the skills and techniques delineated here will not only enhance academic performance but also bestow the lifelong ability to engage with complex texts across disciplines. Whether you're a student embarking on an educational journey or a seasoned scholar refining reading practices, this book will prove a valuable resource. With sincere hopes, "Mastering Reading Techniques: How to Read Smarter, Not Harder," endeavors to empower you to unleash the full potential of your academic reading and annotation capabilities. May your exploration through these pages lead you to significant academic accomplishments. Enjoy the journey!

Mastering (English) Reading Comprehension Workbook for year 6 is a unique compilation of 10 topics that we have used over the years to raise the reading attainment for year 6 children. By using these topics we have achieved a 100% attainment for year 6 SATs. It helps children to annotate, understand, compare and contrast, draw inferences and answer questions correctly in order to achieve the highest possible marks. The workbook addresses the issues of difficult text and provide practical ways for children to find text interesting so that they can answer the questions correctly. We have used many books, workbooks, guides, internet resources over the years to support teaching and learning but this workbook is a class a part. For parents who want to see their children excel in reading then this is your best choice and for children who want to master the art of reading comprehension then this workbook is your companion.