Checkout Some First Aid For Good Assimilation

Whether it is school textbooks, magazines, or regular books, traditional reading is very helpful, people still read, though not as much as they used to as televisions, cell phones, Twitter and co has managed to replace this books.

Some reasons why people don’t read much is probably because they don't understand, and that's because they don’t read well. For some, it is slow, hard work and they don’t remember as much as they want to.

Research has shown through middle-school teachers that many students are 2-3 years behind grade level in reading proficiency. And the Web is the major contributor to this problem.

Well for all those who missed out on good reading skills, and are currently having issues with assimilation it is not too late. Below are what I think it takes to read with good speed and comprehension.

1. Read with a purpose.
When you read probably with a purpose of understanding something, maybe a race, culture, problem or whatsoever, as long as your purpose is set to understanding a particular thing you are reading for then I think its a high probability that you'll understand.

2. Skim Through First
Skimming through pages can be quite helpful if your purpose of skimming is just to get the exact point and then you read all again towards that point. Though Skimming actually train eyes to move without discipline

The benefits of skimming first 

1) primes the memory, making it easier to remember when you read it the second time,

 2) orients the thinking, helping you to know where the important content is in the document,

 3) creates an overall sense and gestalt for the document, which in turn makes it easier to remember certain particulars.

3. Get the reading mechanics right.

For in-depth reading, eyes need to move in a disciplined way. Like i said earlier, Skimming actually train eyes to move without discipline.

There are so many auto-start mechanic in we humans when we read though it differs.

Some people do move their legs while reading and some fix something to what they read, example " A car hit the boy" has two fixes "A Boy" and "A Car" and can be tied to a picture of a car hitting someone, this are good ways to read and understand since all your body functions in a direction that helps your brain clip to this things.

But above all a reading technique like fixation (fixing your eyes on lets say 6 words at once) could help, an instance were your eyes are tied to a statement for a start and then narrowed down to just 3 keywords in a statement could help you get points out of the series of statements in what you're reading.

Poor readers e.g Cramers who stumble along from word to word actually tend to have lower comprehension because their mind is preoccupied with recognizing the letters and their arrangement in each word.

It all depends on how you train your brain, but the good news is we all have the same brain capacity to carry things, I mean you could be as brilliant as isaac newton if you just read more till you get addicted.

4. Think in pictures

Just like the example above, pictures are very helpful in reading and infact science as shown that our brain picks up info in pictures faster than in texts, well this explains some reasons why mathematics could be tough and biology simpler......LOL.......

5. Rehearse as you go along.
Now what's the point of you just reading through a page like you're delivering a speech? After applying the above mentioned scopes the rehearsal should not be a problem as this helps you fix yourself to a point you noted earlier.

Always stay within your attention span and work to increase that span.
Rehearse again soon.

Brief Points To Remember
Make eye contact with all the text not being deliberately skimmed
See multiple words in each eye fixation
Strive to expand the width of each eye fixation (on an 8.5″ width, strive for three fixations or eventually two per line). This skill has to be developed in stages. First, learn how do read at five or six fixations per line. Then work on four per line. Then three.

Snap eyes from one fixation point to another (horizontal snaps on long lines, vertical snap if whole line in a column can be seen with one fixation).