Surefire Tips to Improve Your Reading Skills

by Ron Fry

Reading comprehension is arguably the most important study skill there is, one that can be of enormous benefit both inside and beyond the classroom. Rather than increasing one’s reading speed, this practical guide emphasizes how to grasp the main idea, gather the facts, and draw conclusions from all different types of material, whether textbooks, classic literature, or technical texts. Students will come away from this guide as more engaged readers who can decipher text with purpose and think critically about content.

132 pages, Library Binding

First published January 15, 2016

About the author

Ron Fry is a nationally known proponent for the improvement of public education and an advocate for parents and students, playing an active role in strengthening personal education programs. In addition to being the author of the best-selling How to Study series, which has sold more than 3,000,000 copies to date, Fry has written more than 30 other books in the areas of education and careers. He is the founder and president of Career Press, an internationally known independent publisher of trade nonfiction books.

Reviews

[Ken · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has tips for advanced and beginner readers. Will pass the book to my younger kid to read.

It covers widely and all there is on life-long reading skills. From comparing skimming and scanning, it helps readers to discern the difference between the two and to exploit them suitably when the opportunities arise.

There is a section on ADD which talked about how gifted programmes have been turning sufferers who were deemed misfits into highly successful learners who not only thrive but become trailblazers in their area of intense focuses.