Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
One of the best training methods when learning saccades is called “Shultz table”. By focusing on the number in the centre of the box and clicking on the number outside of the centre anyone can improve the periphery vision to handle longer saccades. Be careful to rest between sessions, so that your eyes do not …
Almost all of our students on day one want to see the training schedule that will take them to their goal. Previously we tried to control the selection of options to funnel all students through the same resources. Currently, we try to widen the arsenal of the training tools you can use. Introduction Take our …
You can practice reading texts in one, two or three column saccade. I do not recommend going above 3 columns. Personally, if your computer allows, I recommend 3 saccades on 1000 px lines. [wp_paypal_payment]
One of the misconceptions some of our students form is that rereading text is bad. It is true that rereading single words and sentences may be counter-productive, but there are several highly efficient methods to reread content. In fact we teach several methods during the course. Prereading Before actually reading the text we urge our …
Try again the first reading exercise from the Udemy course, but this time take an extra effort to read the posts explaining the issues we were testing you for. [WpProQuiz 2]
This exercise allows you to verify your reading speed. You enter your speed, your saccade size and your text – and the code runs the text for you. Please choose simple (fiction, unformatted) text of several hundred words for this exercise to work properly. [wp_paypal_payment]
I spend a day developing a dead-simple php tool to practice saccade reading. All it does: takes content from other sites and displays it with given width. Please use with Chrome and on articles (blogs, wikipedia). The code may occasionally fail. Use 200px for beginner level, 400px for intermediate, 800px for expert.
Well, this is the ugly truth. Nobody can visualize fast enough for their reading speed. That is if we visualize each and every word. However, why would we visualize each and every word? For some tasks we define the goal as 100% retention. It could be learning a new language, or learning a poem or …
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Our working memory is limited. Our eye movement is limited. Our multitasking ability is very limited. Even the ability to generate associations is limited. We invest a lot of effort into improving our performance in each skill, but we often forget to improve our capabilities when using all of these skills together. Anna has many names …
After reaching 1000wpm at 80% comprehension a superlearner feels that he/she owns the world and that the sky is the limit. But wait for a month or two and there is disappointment “I reached my limit?”, rationalization “I do not need to read any faster?”, bargaining “Can I read with the same speed in a …
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