The prospect of speed reading—reading at an increased speed without any loss of
comprehension—has undeniable appeal. Speed reading has been an intriguing concept for …

Fluent reading is essential for successful comprehension. One dimension of reading fluency
is reading rate, or reading speed. Because of the importance of reading fluency, fluency …

Claims that extensive reading could lead to significant improvements in learner's reading
speeds date back thirty years, and the role of graded readers in programs to promote such …

Reading speed is commonly used as an index of reading fluency. However, reading speed
is not a consistent predictor of text comprehension, when speed and comprehension are …

Recent Web apps have spurred excitement around the prospect of achieving speed reading
by eliminating eye movements (ie, with rapid serial visual presentation, or RSVP, in which …

The same comprehension processes underlie both reading and auding, so the central
process for understanding spoken or written language can be called" rauding." Rauding …

With such a large volume of material accessible from the World Wide Web, there is an urgent
need to increase our knowledge of factors influencing reading from screen. We investigate …

With increasing use of the World Wide Web, rapid scanning or skimming of material on
screen has become a frequent activity. However, the outcome of this method of reading has …

This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information
processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers …

Reading, David Mikics says, should not be drudgery, and not mere information-gathering or
escape either, but a way to live life at a higher pitch. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age is a …