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With Howard Stephen Berg The Worlds Fastest Reader (Guinness, 1990)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Howard Stephen Berg 3001 S Hardin Blvd Ste 110-144 McKinney, TX 75070 Email: MrReader@Msn.com Web: Http://www.Mrreader.com Ph: (866) Mr Reader or 677-3233
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Some Accomplishments
12-15 year olds completed semester of Sophomore Psych in 1 week Many students completed HS in 2.5 years with 30-45 college credits 3 Thirteen year old graduates Students write 28 page MLA papers in under 4 hours
More Accomplishments
Graduate students completed a semester of operational management in 2 weeks with the lowest grade being a 92% High school drop out earned diploma in 6 weeks Wrote 4 papers in less than 5 hours: lowest grade a 94% 10 Students currently completing their BA by 18 22 Year old professor
Todays Topics
The secret to faster reading speeds How to improve comprehension How to increase your intelligence How to improve your emotional intelligence How to learn anything faster How to overcome writers block How to remember and retain information The secret of speed math
When We Drive
Front
We have to:
Watch the road
WHY?
Brooklyn
Dog
DAWG
Dallas, Texas
Dog
D O G
Individual Letters
Dog
Group of Letters
Hot
Hot
Group of Letters
Hot Dog
Neither HOT Nor a Dog
Hot Dog
Hot Dog
Group Group ofof Letters Words
We only have time to take a quick snapshot yet we seem to read and remember what they say
Your familiarity
Unconscious Brain
The unconscious brain spots important information
even in a crowd
Unconscious Brain
I dont know these people or those people
even in a crowd You dont consciously analyze every face you see
Unconscious Brain
and thats my pal and shes from next door Hey, thats my boss Your unconscious brain scans for familiar objects
Purpose engages the unconscious brain and focuses the brain on what to look for Lets look at a little experiment
Take a look
Recall
Hey!!!
..thats not fair
What Happened?
Blue things got BIGGER brighter
LOUDER
What Happened?
All colors including red got smaller
dimmer lower
Boring
Ridges Some Face Round
More Stuff
Thin
Literal Information
Factual Most learning today is like this Accurate Not Very Interesting Not Very Meaningful and we wonder why its boring
Flip it
What else
Screwdriver
Scratch Off
Mark Putt
Implied Information
Engages the Brain & it has to work Requires Thought
Why?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Polio
Polio
1938
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
George Burns Gracie Allen
Al Jolson
Soon, other celebrities joined Eddie Cantor to send dimes to the most famous Polio victim
Eddie Cantor
March of Dimes to Washington
Louis Armstrong
March of Dimes
Dr. Jonas Salk
The Dime
Inferred Information
Invokes Emotion Visualize Beyond Facts
...why cant all learning be like this?
Brain is stimulated
Deeper Understanding
Eddie Cantor
Round
MarchScrewdriver of Dimes
Is it valuable?
Lack of Schema
Without Schema
No Schema The procedure is actually quite simple. First you arrange things into different groups. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending upon how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to a lack of facilities that is the next step, otherwise you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo things. That is, it is better to do too few things at once than too many. In the short run this may not seem important, but complications can easily arise. A mistake can be expensive as well. At first the whole procedure will seem complicated. Soon, however, it will become just another facet of life. It is difficult to foresee any end to the necessity for this task in the immediate future, but then one can never tell. After the procedure is completed one arranges the materials into different groups again. Then they can be put into their appropriate places. Eventually, they will have to be used once more and the whole cycle will then have to be repeated. However that is part of life.
SOURCE: Bransford & Johnson, Consideration of Some Problems of Comprehension, 1973.
say
I communicated a different way I didn't say that she dropped the ball.
she
Someone else dropped it I didn't say that she dropped the ball.
dropped
I didn't say that she dropped the ball.
ball
I didn't say that she dropped the ball.
Hearing
Tasting
Paul Revere
Mounted the horse and felt the saddle pressing against him
Started to ride
Malaria
Fever Sweating
Nausea
Textbooks
Isnt it easier to retain and recall when more of your brain is engaged?
Schema
Good Readers
Dont jump to conclusions They look for the facts or ethos What other explanations are possible Why should I believe this? Why do others agree or disagree
Two Principles
Schema
Purpose
Power of Schema
Specificity
Schema
Perspective Culture
Inflection
Senses
Increasing Understanding
Learn More Information Ask Better Questions Change the Logic
Point of View
Perspective
Thinking Process
Increasing Speed
Learn New & Different Things Practice Reading Take Opportunities to Read
ABCOQ
Abstract of Terms Biographies Chronologies Outline Questions
ABCOQ - Abstract
ABCOQ - Biography
ABCOQ - Chronology
ABCOQ - Outline
ABCOQ - Questions
SYNTOPICAL READING
GROUP STUDY
GROUP STUDY
WRITE
The Paper That Writes Itself
Getting into and sustaining the creative flow state is mission critical
Brain Freeze
Your editor fights your creative mind for control and freezes or locks up your creativity flow
Method One
Method Two
Copy writing style you like to continue using it in your own words
Method Three
Copy pattern written on your topic Learning to model the pattern Rewrite the report in your own words
Using different brain areas at the same time links them together
1 4 6
2 3
Correspondences
Three Triplicities Four elements 7 Days 7 Organ Systems 7 Keys to Music 7 Notes to a Key 7 Colors of the Rainbow 7 Angels 3 Flavors & Four Colors in Quantum Physics 7 Seas 7 Holy Planets 12 Signs =4 X 3
KISS
Key Points Insight Significance Summation Unifying Template
RHETORIC
Rhetoric (n) - the art of speaking or writing effectively.
(Websters Definition)
ETHOS
ETHOS is appeal based on the character of the speaker. An ethos-driven document relies on the reputation of the author.
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/webclass/web/project1/group4/
LOGOS
LOGOS is appeal based on logic or reason. Documents distributed by companies or corporations are logos-driven. Scholarly documents are also often logos-driven.
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/webclass/web/project1/group4/
PATHOS
PATHOS is appeal based on emotion. Advertisements tend to be pathos-driven.
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/webclass/web/project1/group4/
APPLICATIONS
ETHOS - FACTS: Quotable, Cited, Referenced LOGOS - FINDINGS: Logical Conclusions, Predictions, Results PATHOS FEELINGS: Evoked, Instilled, Uncovered
Remembering Numbers
KUNI
CLOONEY
BEASLEY
Mrs. BEASLEY
KUNI
BEASLEY
CLOONEY
Mrs. BEASLEY
SpeedMath
103 X 107 3 7 21 103 X 107 11021 11,021 3 7
HOWARD BERG
President Mega Learning Worlds Fastest Reader 10 Year Veteran Teacher Mega Speed Reading Barrons Books Time-Warner Psychobiologist B.A. SUNY Binghamton Radio/TV Lecturer/Consultant Vice President-Gateway
CONTACT INFORMATION
Howard Stephen Berg 5100 Eldorado Parkway Ste 102-712 McKinney, TX 75070 Email: MrReader@msn.com Web: Http://www.mrreader.com Phone: (866) MrReader 677 3233
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