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Reading
Reading and the Earliest Books
Just over 200 years ago, only about fifty books comprised a well-stocked personal library. Today, worldwide, more than one thousand books are published...
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The Invention of Printing
Before the invention of printing, the number of manuscript books in Europe could be counted in the thousands. By 1500, after only fifty years of printing, there were more than 9 million books...
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Reading as a Form of Art
Reading is actually a form of art, in part because the kinesthetic link between sight, sound and speech is mirrored by an inner speech, inner sight and inner sound...
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Some Well Known Speed Readers
George Washington, for example, wanted to read anything and everything. He especially liked English books on agriculture (he considered himself a ?country gentleman farmer?)...
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Laura Bush and Learning to Read
First Lady Laura Bush believes in the importance of learning to read and learning how to read. In a recent statement from The White House, Mrs. Bush said: Teaching reading is one of America?s top domestic...
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Girls and Boys - The Gender Reading Gap
A recent international study suggests that girls are reading better than boys through age 15. According to the report, girls had higher reading scores in every one of 43 countries surveyed...
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Speed Reading and the Reading Process
There are three dominate factors involved in developing higher reading speeds: desire, willingness and motivation. With this in mind, studies explored by The Literacy Company confirm that...
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Understanding Reading Comprehension
In this issue I?m going to address Comprehension: what it is, what it is not, how to improve it and why Fluent Readers have improved comprehension and recall...
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