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On a somewhat related note, has anyone on here successfully mastered the art of speed reading? I'm a CS student at Uni right now, and compared to non-Engineer s
by shahzeb 11y ago
On a somewhat related note, has anyone on here successfully mastered the art of speed reading?
I'm a CS student at Uni right now, and compared to non-Engineer students, I've noticed I tend to read must slower.
Any tips on up-ing my read speed?
- andersonmvd 11y agoI'd focus on understanding rather than reading speed. If reading faster compromises your understanding, back off. One more thing: the best way to see the need to read fast is to be overwhelmed by browser tabs. When you are, try to kill them after reading. With so many tabs, you'll want to end it up quickly.
- hgh 11y agoIf you try to read all the words, just faster, you won't get much farther. The trick is to take a more active approach and optimize how you spend your time towards the goal of comprehension. One thing that worked well for me was shifting from "reading" to "interrogating". Don't just try to read through a text, think carefully (and jot down) what questions you need to answer from the text, and jump around the text as necessary to answer the questions. If you don't have a sense of what questions to ask, do a quick skim of the text and any other relevant material to get the questions first, then dive in. Iterate and refine your questions and answers.