Improve Your Reading

Proven strategies for better reading skills—from comprehension, focus, and retention to overcoming challenges such as ADD.
 
Whether it’s for education or enjoyment, reading can be challenging. Understanding and remembering what you’ve read, and keeping focus and concentration when you have to read long or difficult texts, takes certain skills. Luckily, those skills can be learned and improved. In Improve Your Reading, education expert Ron Fry offers practical solutions to the reading-related frustrations all readers—and students—face. No gimmicks, no tricks, just proven techniques for any course, any academic level, any situation, and anyone in need of the essential tools to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
 
You’ll discover:Basic, necessary study skillsHow to read with a purposeHow to focus on the main ideaHow to overcome the challenges of technical textsThe art of becoming a critical readerWays to retain informationAdvice on how to start building your own libraryTips for reading with ADD or other challengesIdeas for parents to help their childrenWays for teachers to encourage their students Reading is the key to success—and this clear, simple guide is the key to reading!