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First, there is initial inequality in understanding. The
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Active Reading
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It is: Ask questions while you read—questions that you yourself must try to answer in the course of reading.
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Summary of Inspectional Reading
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The Levels of Reading
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Finally, TURN THE PAGES, DIPPING IN HERE AND THERE, READING A PARAGRAPH OR TWO, SOMETIMES SEVERAL PAGES IN SEQUENCE, NEVER MORE THAN THAT.
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How to Be a Demanding Reader
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What you understand by reading the book through to the end—even if it is only fifty percent or less—will help you when you make the additional effort later to go back to the places you passed by on your first reading.
Charles Van Doren • How to Read a Book
The goal a reader seeks—be it entertainment, information or understanding—determines the way he reads.