He answered 19/20 questions, and only got 10 of the answers correct. Even if he had answered the last question and got it right, he would still have got a 55%, a failing grade. This man clearly can’t do basic math and is trying to say the child that can’t understand what he reads is somehow a victim.
No! The test was a 30 question test. He only answered 20 out of those 30 questions, and 19 of those 20 were right. his comprehension was. clearly good, he just wasn't able to finish the test.
Additionally, if we were to make an educated guess, we could infer that based on the previous 19 correct answers he'd be able to get about at least 27/30 questions right total which would surely be a better grade!(it is important to note he didn't SKIP any questions, he just ran out of time before answering the last 10 questions)
Although it is up to personal preference, I'd suggest reading simple material due to the fact that in some cases reading complex material may stimulate your brain too much and make it harder to sleep! Great question!
Wow, what a great video. I have already seen an improvement in my speed and comprehension which is needed for a lot of psychometric tests nowadays. Thanks Paul.
It's a bad test because it introduces a time limit. So, you're testing the student's ability to understand and recall a text without having adequate time to read it. Reading Comprehension is considered a valuable metric in standardized testing because it supposedly reports on the student's ability to study textbooks, but you mostly don't read textbooks in class; you're expected to do that on your own time. Therefore, the standardized test result is invalidated because it artificially introduces the time limit as a test factor, and then mostly measures timely performance, which isn't nearly as important in real life. Speed reading is a cool skill, but it's not a requirement to be effective in college, so states shouldn't be testing students on it.
Huh, I actually can't do this, I can only see like a eyeblink fast flash of an image and then it is gone. I have to think of something else and come back to see the flash again. I always assumed this was a special thing only artists could do.
Some people will create images without thinking of it much. However, if this isn't the case for you, you can put in some conscious effort to visualize something in your mind. You mentioned it happens in a quick "eyeblink fast flash" - have you tried sketching out those images quickly?
There's also something called aphantasia, where people cannot create images in their mind no matter how hard they try. I've lived my whole life with no "mind's eye."
I’ve been doing this for a while because it works better for me that I’m trying to read fast through out a text. I didn’t know that this would be considered a good thing by you guys, lol. I just thought it was because of my own particular needs and then II’ve been doing this for a while because it works better for me that I’m trying to read fast throughout text. I didn’t know that this would be considered a good thing by you guys, lol. I just thought it was because of my own particular needs and inability to do it the way that you guys were supposedly teaching it.
Yeah, this is definitely a good thing to put in practice. Changing up your reading speed helps comprehension. Most people have to do this consciously and then get into the habit. Sounds like you're doing it automatically and that's great!
Once I had a teacher that was completely monotone. He knew full well no one was listening to him, he designed the class with that in mind, so mostly while he would talk, people would be doing their self lead projects. Well, I actually listened to one of his lectures once, and it turned out, he was actively making fun of most of the students in the class and cracking jokes. He was actually hilarious, but no one ever listened to anything he said. He ended up being one of my favorite teachers I ever had.
You ever had that presenter who is basically just daying one thing but repeating it in different words, like when they say one thing and then say it again so you understand that the meaning of those words is the same as the words before? What they are doing is to not differentiate what they are saying, instead they only differentiate how, but not what is coming out of their mouth.
Good point. It's common practice for teachers to repeat what they say because repetition helps us all to remember. Also, teachers are aware that you never have 100% attention from the entire audience at once. So if the teacher repeats something in a different way, it's not just for the sake of memory (repetition) but also for those that were day dreaming earlier and didn't catch it the first time.
If you apply our other techniques in conjunction with this such as inspecting your retention will still be just as good if not BETTER! Check out our other shorts and/or long videos about Inspecting!
If you start reading 300+ words per minute you'll notice that you aren't subvocalizing all the words. That's because it's difficult to talk that fast. The average person talks around 150 wpm.
While that might very well be the case, it can still happen and it is best to be prepared. It may not be that the paragraph is poorly written but that the sentence might just need more context for you to get the full picture!
@@paulnowak if that’s the case then the context should really come before the sentence if at all possible. It’s poor foresight to write a sentence and then remember you need context afterward. I run into this problem and it drives me crazy because the fix is so simple and substantially improves the reading experience.
@@paulnowak but I also see your point that it’s good to be prepared in the event that it is written in a way where the context is later. It happens, however frustrating it is. Thanks for the video!
Good point. Unfortunately, not everyone writes well. Sometimes the writer will go on and on without giving context or getting to the point like this long run-on sentence that I just wrote to demonstrate the point you just made in order to respond to your thoughtful question that was succinctly well posed and now responded to by me. Thanks for watching ;-)
My favorite thing to do when 1) Listening, 2) Learning, 3) Synthesizing the important parts, 4) Turning those into sentences that best fit my future self, 5) All while also figuring out the specific details that are pertinent and expected to remember, and 6) Physically transferring all that onto the page, is to also then worry about formatting at the same time further complicating steps 4-6 to a point that clogs up the most important step in the lecture, #1, listening. I can’t tell you how much I hated my professor who forced every student to take Cornell Notes by way of grading them at the end of every lecture (so that you couldn’t take notes in the way that fits individuals and convert them into Cornell Notes later) and then how many fellow students were usually missing different important pieces amongst the group. One woman didn’t realize that the final paper due date was moved up earlier causing an immediate fail as it was information given at the end of a lecture and she was doing the heading or other formatting (corroborated by said notes “notably” missing the date change).
Thank you for this info. It will come in handy. There is one thing I have noticed that is important to add. When a headline says one thing often it’s misleading from the truth. Especially in politically motivated situations. If you don’t read to the 4th or 5th paragraph or at least scan ahead the arrival will often leave you with an opinion that is different from what the facts actually would have. This is especially true if you just read the headlines. Also this is assuming the journalist used any facts to begin with.
I accidentally spoiled myself the end of the sixth Harry Potter book. When I got it, I was surprised that it looked to be thinner than the previous one, when each book had been longer than the previous one up to that point. I opened it to the last name, checked the page number to verify, and went to close it to start reading it properly. As I did, my eyes moved through the left page and accidentally read twi words that spoiled the entire book for me: "Dumbledore's death". It completely coloured my reading of the book and I hating knowing that would happen. I actually really enjoyed the twist endings. I loved being surprised, even when it was painful.
