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After speed reading a text, should I go back and re-read more slowly for comprehension?

April 26, 2017comprehension re-read Reading speed text

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After speed reading a text, should I go back and re-read more slowly for comprehension?

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If you don’t remember what you read, then you probably weren’t “reading” the text, but instead scanning it, or practice reading it. More research shows rereading hinders comprehension, but if you need to know something that’s on the page, and you missed it, by all means go back and get it.