Unit 3 Speed Reading

You were directed to read every article from a newspaper. As you read to complete this assignment, you were to practice correct finger tracking, good posture, pursuit eye movement, and visual reading. Which of the following best describes the way you completed the assignment?

I read all of the pages, focusing on speed reading techniques as directed.

Mr. Davis, a lifelong reader, enjoys reading aloud to his English class. It is likely that he reads aloud

15 lpm

Jim moves his lips as he reads. He is likely reading

20-25 lpm

Evelyn overcame subvocalization by taking a speed reading course. Her reading speed and comprehension greatly improved as she became a visual reader. Now that she is a visual reader, it is likely that Evelyn reads at least

60 lpm

In exercise 1, you were directed to read text upside down to acquire scanning skills. Consider your effort completing this activity. Which of the following accurately describes your effort and performance on this exercise?

I completed the exercise following the instructions given. I was focused and intense.

In exercise 2, you were directed to quickly recall sets of numbers and letters. Consider your effort and performance on this activity. Which of the following accurately describes the way you completed this exercise?

I completed the exercise following the instructions given. I was focused and intense.

In exercise 3, you were directed to recognize letter and number matches as you scanned across lines of text. You were to time yourself and track your performance. Consider your effort completing this activity. Which of the following accurately describes the way you completed this exercise?

I completed the exercise following the instructions given. I was focused and intense.

Sarah was explaining the power of the eye to her little brother, Stan. To help Stan understand how powerful the eye is, she correctly told him that the eye's photographic power is

better than a camera's

Based on the two eye-tracing experiments you completed with a partner during the lesson, you should clearly see that scanning works best when you

finger track

Kyle often stops for prolonged periods on a certain word for no reason as he reads. He has the poor reading habit known as:

fixation

When Todd's teacher looked at the above illustration of his eye movements when reading, she noticed a poor habit in his reading. This habit is labeled "+" in the three places where it occurs. This habit is known as

fixation

When learning to scan material it is a good idea to turn text upside down. This helps because

it allows you to scan without worrying about comprehension

Abby often confuses the skill of scanning and skimming. In reviewing the uses of skimming, she discovers that skimming should be used to:

preview material to be read

Jeremy was excited to realize that visual reading is actually fostered by a type of eye movement he had previously learned about. Jeremy realized that the type of eye movement that best fosters visual reading is _____________ eye movement.

pursuit

Mike was told that to successfully speed read, he must learn to scan text. To scan a page of text, Mike should

read every word of the text quickly and smoothly

Jennifer has the poor reading habit of rereading previous words for no apparent reason. She has the poor reading habit known as:

regression

Upon further review of Todd's eye movement illustration, it was evident that he suffered from another common poor reading habit. This habit (labeled "/" where it occurs) is known as

regression

This illustration shows that Todd is reading with _____________ eye movement.

saccadic

Ryan wants to overcome his habits of vocal and subvocal reading to become a visual reader. The best way for him to do this is to:

speed up his rate of reading

Ashley is a five-year-old learning to read. She reads aloud to her mother. She is a:

vocal reader