Questions tagged [reading]
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Is at least $70 million in health care costs in the USA directly attributable to low literacy?
According to the Gaston Literacy Council of Gastonia, North Carolina:
Reports show that low literacy directly costs the healthcare industry over $70 million every year.
That website does not provide a specific citation for that assertion, but does…
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Does the PX Project increase reading speed by an average of 386%?
Wanting to improve my own reading speed, I found the following as the first result of a Google search:
The PX Project, a single three-hour cognitive experiment, produced an average increase in reading speed of 386 percent.
It was tested with…
user11643
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Do two spaces after a period make speed reading easier?
Since roughly 1960, the typographical style has shifted from two spaces after a period to one space after a period. Some people have claimed that the old convention of two spaces can improve speed reading.
Found in comments for the same article:
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Are there actual cases of school libraries refusing to lend books to children that are outside their determined reading level?
In the article Three Myths About “Reading Levels” (Feb 28, 2017) published by Psychology Today, it is asserted (emphasis mine):
Unfortunately, though, the ubiquity and precision with which these reading levels are now being tested and reported has…
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Do you understand (reading comprehension) more from reading on paper than on screen?
TL;DR: Please see the question title above for the question. All of the following is optional.
Source: ... The Science of Paper versus Screens, 2013 April 11, by Ferris Jabr, Scientific American
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Are scary fairy tales beneficial for children's psychological development?
There seems to be a popular claim amongst psychiatrists that scary, cruel and other ethically questionable traditional fairy tales are beneficial for the development of a child's mind.
People promoting this theory often quote Bruno Bettelheim's The…
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Does the 7speedreading software allow people to read over three times as fast?
7speedreading provides speed-reading software that claims:
You Will Read 3.471 Times Faster, With Full Comprehension.
Or We'll Not Only Refund Your Investment… We'll PAY You $50.
All you need to do is use our award-winning speed reading…
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