How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?

I've just started university (Master's Degree) this week, and the course requires us to read several articles before each class. I'm a really slow reader and the faster I read, the less able I am to absorb the information in the article. To keep up to date (or ahead, if I'm lucky), I need to be able to read faster and effectively absorb and retain the information.



I would really appreciate it if you could offer me any tips or advice that may be helpful. Thanks.How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?I'm also a student, and I've learned speed reading which helps a lot in my study. It makes me efficient and saves a lot of my time. I suggest you to learn with some speed reading course, the techniques are really helpful. They can not simply be taught here, you need to learn some techniques and practice...



I can recommend the online course I used. It is not expensive, and it has quite a lot of good customer reviews from Amazon. There is also a website which reviews it and recommends how to get most out of the course. I include the links here for you to check them yourself.



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this little gem comes from Matt鈥檚 Idea Blog almost a year ago and helps me get through educational reading, particularly when I want to read a lot of books in a short time.



Naturally, because my goal is to learn, the reading involves work. But the question is: How can one read efficiently, capture relevant ideas in a usable way, and keep the process sustainable and enjoyable? The rest of my post summarizes the best solutions I鈥檝e found, but the most useful technique comes from Jason Womack, and synthesizes nicely the most common ideas. In a nutshell, he says he reads the book four times:



1. Table of contents, glossary, index.

2. Anything in bold, titles, and subtitles.

3. First line of every paragraph.

4. Entire book



It鈥檚 a simple process. The first 3 steps should take around ten minutes [not much extra, hey?] and prepares your brain to take in the information. Because you鈥檝e, essentially, already read the book three times, when you do finally read it in it鈥檚 entirety the information becomes much easier to sink in.How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?The way I picked up speed reading was to highlight key words in sentences and just focus on them only.

For example in this sentence,

Maria screamed as she ran out of the house, hot tears streaking down her face.



I would highlight 'Maria' 'ran out', 'house' and 'tears'. These words are enough to let me know that Maria was upset and this caused her to run out of the house.



You could try highlighting keywords as you read the passage slowly (at this point, it doesn't matter if you're not retaining the info just highlight) and then skim through the whole article again, just looking at the keywords to get the main idea.



It is time consuming at first but it helps in the long run because after several times, you'll get used to it and while you're highlighting the key words, your brain kinda processes by itself what you're reading and soon you should be able to speed read.How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?
keep a notepad/paper and several color pens ready before you start reading.

as and when you read jot down the key points/words in different colors preferably using graphical/pictorial representations.

the 2nd time that you will read the article look at your notepad and try reconstructing the article in your own words.

and if you are able to remember even half the article you have succeeded. if not read again and try again.



we will always remember a picture more than text. so visualize everything you read and that should help.



all the best!How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?first off the more books you read the better and faster, and even smarter you get.

as for trying to get by reading fast, take mental notes...like for example...reading this question...you don't have to read all of the information...

i saw increase reading speed and retain information...that simplifies that sentence...

kinda skim through it but still memorize some things.

maybe ask the teacher if he or she will give you the article before so you can read it. then when it's time to read it skim through it and get info. get down dates, names, and main theme and you pretty much have everything down

good luck hope i helpedHow do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?
Hi there, I am sure there are endless ways to increase the rate in which you read. This link below is to a self help site (which I have used to get an e-book on parenting - NOT the speed reading book) but I liked the book I got from there so much that I bookmarked the site in case I ever needed any of the other books offered...How do I increase my reading speed, and effectively retain the information I read?
For me, I study speed reading with online course and it helps. It has saved me lots of time and efficiency in many areas. The one I used has speed reading and comprehension module, so I got both area improved.



Here is a good article about speed reading course:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Speed-Reading-鈥?/a>
Hi just take your time reading the faster you read the Lesa you take in

or tell your teacher the problem who will help you don't be shie