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One thing that helps me when my reading ability wavers from time to time is to use ereader apps with auto-scroll functionality. This used to be much more common
by arbitrage 4y ago
One thing that helps me when my reading ability wavers from time to time is to use ereader apps with auto-scroll functionality. This used to be much more common around the 2000 era, but has mostly died out because eInk doesn't handle it well at all.
I have a lot of learning challenges. I was taught how to read wrong. The list goes on. I sorta forced my brain to learn bounded-box read-ahead/behind scanning by turning on autoscroll and letting it rip. My brain parts figured out the trick. Eventually, I was able to strengthen my reading skills to the point that I can self-regulate my eye-scanning & page-perusing movements on my own.
From time to time, when I'm having a not-read-good day, I still use an autoscroll app to help me retain focus.
There are a lot of chunking applets and extensions for the web browser, too. Those helped immensely to teach my brain how to read better. Eventually, I figured out how to do multi-line chunking/processing that way.
It took me much longer to learn all the various skills that usually get lumped together under the term "speed reading" than I expected. It took years to fix my reading skills. I wanted it to take weeks. It also took so much more practice than I expected.
- jason_slack 4y agoI too read books lovingly, however when I switch to school mode, my reading needs to improve. I am really slow at reading and taking notes. So much so that I am often behind in reading intensive classes. If anyone has advice, I am desperately in need.
- vuciv1 4y agoThis happened to me too. I went to speak to a school doctor, got diagnosed with ADHD, and started taking adderall when I needed to for class. It’s at least worth a shot. It has been huge for me and many others.
- jason_slack 4y agoThanks. I take 50mg Vyvanse daily now. It helps but I still have trouble keeping up with reading. The class I am in now has on average of 200 pages per week.
- vuciv1 4y agoI also recommend learning to skip the filler words and really get the main points of the text that you’re trying to read. I really tried to read everything in college, but I just couldn’t, and neither did a lot of my peers. I still learned a ton by learning the main ideas, through internet summaries, through discussions with my friends, and discussions in the classroom. Don’t be so hard on yourself and continue to learn :) Good luck!