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INFORMATION

PROCESSING

Lesson # CW9Z65
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Approximately 30% of adults in
Muscogee County are functionally
illiterate.
Approximately 29% of the adults in
Georgia have difficulty reading at
the 4th grade level—the 10th worst
in the nation.

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Why Kids don’t read!
Growing up with nonreaders.
Forcing reading material.
Intensively studying a single
work.
Determining the meaning of a
literary work.
Traumatizing learning
experiences.
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READING
...the extraction of
information and
meaning of a letter,
memo, paper, report, or
book as rapidly as
possible and as
completely as possible.

...to receive or take in


or comprehend the
sense of (as letters or
symbols) by scanning. 4
Definition of Reading

…assigning meaning to
abstract symbols on a
page.

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Is it a duck or a rabbit?

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THE COMMUNICATION
MISMATCH

SPEAK/
READ
WRITE LISTEN THINK

15-25 125- 250 1,000


wpm 140 wpm wpm
wpm

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READING RANGES
Optimum
100% zone

Comprehension

0
Too Slow Fast
RATE

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EFFICIENT READING
FIXATION FIXATION FIXATION FIXATION

It was the kiss by which all the others in his life would be judged and found wanting.

EYE MOVEMENT OF AN EFFICIENT READER.

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Eye fixation-- When the eye stops moving to take in
information.

Your goal is to read as much of


the text with every
fixation to maintain reading.

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TAKE A RISK!

• Read for meaning of phrases rather


than for single words.

• Your peripheral vision is probably


larger than you think.

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TO INCREASE YOUR
READING RATE

Increase your span of recognition.


Decrease your fixation time.
Decrease your number of
regressions.
Eliminate sub-vocalization.
Increase your vocabulary.

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PREVIEW TO INCREASE
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

1. Read the first and last paragraph.

2. Read the first sentence of every paragraph.

3. Take notes, as necessary, or mindmap.

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AFTER PREVIEWING
Read rapidly; read to answer
questions.
Summarize to ensure recall.
Make notes for review to assure
retention.
Test at the end of each chapter,
gauging your comprehension.
Schedule periodic reviews; begin
exam reviews one week prior to the
test.
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To read is to lend an ear to
countless voices
speaking through ageless
time.

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The person who doesn’t read good books
has no advantages over the person who
can’t read them at all.

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