reading speed
Words per minute
Reading speed is how quickly someone processes written text, typically measured in words per minute.
Speed varies with purpose—skimming for main ideas is faster than close reading for comprehension.
Her reading speed doubled after she stopped subvocalizing.
Speed reading courses promise dramatic improvements, though often at the cost of retention.
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- words per minuteText entry velocity metric
- skimmingPassing lightly over
- scanningSystematic visual examination
pace · pages · chapter book · devouring · page turner · cover to cover · absorbing · slow · fast · retention · eyes · tracking · subvocalization · chunks · paragraphs · focus · concentration · audiobook
- reading assessmentcomprehension test, diagnostic test, benchmark test, fluency, decoding
- word recognitionword recognition, word frequency
- readingfluency, comprehension, books, decoding, phonics
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- reading skillsvocabulary, literacy skills, decoding, grammar, fluency
- Learning Traitsvisual learner, auditory learner, fast learner, slow learner, learning style
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