Yes, PhotoReading has been used for schooling and test.
How do you know you've achieved comprehension with traditional reading? Merely reading the words does not mean you understand. How do you even know you are comprehending most of the post on these forums?
Your existing reading skills, self confidence and experience tell you that. When you use PhotoReading you don't lose any of those skills you develop them even more.
While comprehension tests are one way of testing I've found that it's much more convincing to have someone apply PhotoReading to their own book then after spending 35 minutes with the book. Have them talk about it for 2 minutes. (we have to limit them I've had them spend 4 to 6 minutes telling me about what they learned from the book in that 35 minutes.) They are surprised by this experience. We then check their reading speed on the first night and calculate what chapter they would have been up to using traditional reading skills in most cases they would have been about 60 to 90 pages into the book in that time.
Are they finished with the book? No not always. The technique allows you to get as in depth as you need.
If you happen to have poor comprehension skills with traditional reading then I also recommend using PhotoReading. The solution to poor comprehension skills is "read more" and you must learn to use self questioning to help understand what you are reading. People who have developed their reading comprehension skills rarely notice that they are asking questions as they read because it has become a natural habit. It can be seen that the participants of forums are articulate readers and have few problems with comprehension. If they don't understand they continue to ask.
As already said you don't lose these skills when you learn PhotoReading. you build on them so if your comprehension skills with traditional reading are sound then you will know when you have reached comprehension using PhotoReading.
AlexK  |