Been busy the last couple of weeks developing an activation technique which I believe will help those who have trouble with comprehension. I’ve been working on this because so many students who participate in my class complain most of all of not being able to comprehend what they are reading. They struggle with this with traditional reading and hope that PhotoReading will help them.
It seems to me that many who look for ways to read faster with techniques like PhotoReading are hoping speed will help them comprehend what they are reading faster. Comprehension isn’t about reading it’s a way of thinking.
PhotoReading can and does help with comprehension however we still have the initial hurdle of activating enough. Too many give up before they are done. Those who have difficulty with comprehension stop the activation process way too soon. Usually on the first activation.
Since comprehension is a way of thinking, I’ve been working on a way to teach that way of thinking. I’ll hope to present it at my next PhotoReading class. I’ve been devising an activation process that I believe will help leverage comprehension. For now I simply refer to it as KL Activation. I am hoping that it will be the switch that gets them activating.
© Alex K Viefhaus June 2009