B E H R EDUCATION

This is because the mind is busy looking for meaning, not rereading words and sentences.

The average reader spends about 1/6th of the time rereading words than actually reading them.

Rereading interrupts the flow of comprehension and slows down the process, that’s why the habit of it should be eliminated.

How to comprehend easily?

Scan the chapter first. Identify the sections to which the author devotes the most amount of space – what where the text focuses. If there are lots of diagrams for a particular topic, then that must also be an important concept.

• If you're really under time pressure, you can skip the sections to which the least amount of space is devoted.
• Take note on headings and read the first sentence of every paragraph more carefully than the rest of the paragraph. The main idea is usually situated there. Read the important parts and the main ideas. Focus on nouns and main propositions in each sentence. Look for the noun-verb combinations, and focus the mind on these.
• Then, close the book and ask yourself what you now know about the subject that you didn't know before you started.

Reducing Skip Backs.

• Important: Don't reread the same phrases from the text!

Poor readers read and reread the same phrase over and over again.