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- Path: sparky!uunet!Cadence.COM!stevep
- From: stevep@Cadence.COM (Steve Peterson)
- Subject: Re: Dynamic Spead Reading
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.191135.22259@Cadence.COM>
- Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- References: <C0rw0y.8L7@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:11:35 GMT
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- In article <C0rw0y.8L7@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> dgorbet@rainbow.UWaterloo.ca (D.P.H. Gorbet) writes:
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- >Anyone heard of Dynamic Speed Reading? I have heard quite a lot about it
- >in the past few years, but have always discounted the incredible claims it
- >makes (3 sessions improve speed by 300%+ AND improve comprehension). Now
- >my reading speed is REALLY slow, and MUST improve, as I am in a knowledge
- >based industry (aren't we all, nowadays), but I am still hesitant to throw
- >money away on something unproven. Has anyone had any experience with this
- >method?
-
- Could you be referring to Evelyn Wood's Reading Dynamics program? If
- so, I tooks this a number of years ago and am quite happy with the results.
- An average reader reads at about 250 words/min. Graduates of the class
- will probably read comfortably at 1000-3000 words/min. Of course, this
- is in proportion to the practice that you put into the program.
- The class I took was about 15-20 hrs of class time. Cost was about $400.
-
- I feel that it was well worth the time and money. If you are time and money
- conscience, you can learn the same techniques through a number of books on the
- market.
-
- Steve Peterson
- stevep@cadence.com
-
-