Power Reading: The Best, Fastest, Easiest, Most Effective Course on Speedreading and Comprehension Ever Developed

by Rick Ostrov

Book Overview

Power Reading is the best, fastest, easiest, most effective speedreading and comprehension course ever developed! Most people see amazing results in the first few days of the 30-day Power Reading... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0960170618
• ISBN13: 9780960170616
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Education Press (NC)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

I highly recommend the course book and CD!

Power Reading really works! I didn't think it was possible but after taking the "Power Reading" course, I raised my speed by 150% and increased my comprehension too. The course is very well written and constructed in a way that makes absolute sense to the reader. I found the CD very helpful in that I didn't have to "distract" myself from the reading drills (which are throughout the book) by stopping my reading and looking up at a clock or wristwatch. In fact, I even tried looking at a clock at first but found I lost momentum in my reading so I immediately started to use the CD which made all the difference. I simply put on the appropriate timing track and concentrated on my reading while the voice on the CD counted down and let me know how much time was remaining. It was just like being in a live class (without the high cost usually accompanying live seminars) and nothing could have been easier! I highly recommend the Power Reading course book and CD!

Best book available

To put it bluntly, "Power Reading" is one of the best courses on speed reading and comprehension available. I can't say that I doubled my speed or anything like that but then again I was considered a fast reader before reading the book and doing the excercises. Still I moved from 450 words per minute to just over 650. The information is up to date and if you follow the instructions exactly then you can achieve a gain in speed and comprehension whether you are a slow reader or already a fast reader. It was fast, easy and effective, what more could you want from a course such as this? It takes thirty days to complete if you follow the book exactly. Whether you read for business, school, or pleasure, the book is highly recommended for anyone wanting to increase their speed and/or comprehension.

It really works

It truly did work for me -- I read twice as fast as before I took the course! How? By point out bad habits I'd developed (e.g., subvocalization) and giving me exercises to correct them.So, what about comprehension and retention? I actually think mine are better than before. Not only am I reading more and enjoying it more, I've learned to adjust my pace according to what I'm reading. Not everything should be read for speed, and formulating a plan in advance is an important part of the program. While I wouldn't read poetry this way, I have been able to increase the quantity of material I read in newspapers, technical, and business publications.Finally, I was delighted to find the book relatively free of the nonsense I normally expect to see in self-help books.

I enthusiastically recommend Power Reading

I am extremely pleased with the results I got from this reading course.When I began the course, my goals were in terms of 1) Comprehension: to maintain or slightly improve the level of my comprehension,2) Speed: to double my speed while maintaining the level of my comprehension,3) Other: to be able to comprehend a vast variety of technical or arcane materials. During the mid-course exam, I was reading 125% faster. As I finished the course, I felt comfortable not only with the absolute increase but also with the now excellent level of my comprehension. The most striking thing about this course, I think, is the recognition that one can read - or one can read more effectively. I could compare it to brushing your teeth: everyone does it, somewhat at least, but some people know how to clean their teeth more effectively than others.This reading course has given me both the understanding of the mechanisms as well as the tools (the use of the regulator, for example) to determine at which level of speed and comprehension I chose to read.Power Reading is well organized, easy to read. Having been in the educational business for quite some time, it amazes me how little emphasis educators put on a basic skill such as reading.But this will change, of course, since I will implement Power Reading in my teaching. I will not rely on elementary school teachers to improve students' reading skills, or hope that some Freshmen English instructor picks up the slack. This semester, I teach a course on "Women in Antiquity" in which each student has to read and review one scholarly book. Before the end of this semester, I will have incorporated Power Reading in my teaching so that my students become power readers who have a choice at which speed or comprehension level they read.I enthusiastically recommend Power Reading to any teacher or student.

This is a great course!

This is a great course in a book - I wish I had taken it while in school. My reading and studying would have gone much faster and better. It was so easy, it only took a few weeks, and now I'm reading more than twice as fast with better comprehension in pleasure and technical material. It was important to me that the author covered the entire field of reading from increasing comprehension to speedreading, from history to perception, and from fiction and religious reading to technical reading and study and test-taking methods. This information allowed me to see not only why I was reading the way I was, but gave me the motivation to improve my reading speed and more important, my comprehension. Also, Rick the author, tells you about the techniques used in many other methods, and how and why over the years he evolved and uses the natural, simple approach he does. He starts you with comprehension first, and then gradually increases your speed. I really like Rick's approach, which is having me practice in my own materials and then encouraging me to go out and learn more about reading and speedreading. Plus, Rick cites many other authors and books and he gave me all the resources - he made it very easy since he included a full bibliography and index. This course is very complete!I highly recommend this book, Power Reading, to everyone if you want to speedread and remember more.